An illustrated portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt with the eyes torn away revealing Donald Trumps eyes

Illustration by Sara Gironi Carnevale

Trump Against History

How is Trump changing our sense of who we are? We asked eminent Yale historian David W. Blight to round up some colleagues to consider the question. Here’s what they had to say.

Illustration by Sara Gironi Carnevale

Trump Against History

How is Trump changing our sense of who we are? We asked eminent Yale historian David W. Blight to round up some colleagues to consider the question. Here’s what they had to say.

A line of patriotic Hispanic youths is interrupted with a photo of children at the southern border wall

The Diversity Bell That Trump Can’t Un-ring

The biggest problem with the history Trump wants to impose on us is that it never, in fact, existed.

Geraldo Cadava

An image of a world map with minimized nation-state borders interrupted by a map showing the renamed Gulf of Mexico

Authoritarianism Is Made—and It Can Be Unmade

Autocrats do not merely fade away; they have to be countered and stopped.

Amna Khalid

A lighter, which contains a likeness of Trump, is about to land on a stack of history books

What if History Died by Sanctioned Ignorance?

We must mobilize now to defend our profession, not only with research and teaching but in the realm of politics and public persuasion.

David W. Blight

An image of a bucolic university crowd is interrupted by a photo of the arresting of a student for the student's political views

The High Price of Barring International Students

Global collaboration is necessary for success, if not survival, in our hyper-connected world.

Leslie M. Harris