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Is Donald Trump Actually a Threat to Democracy? Is Donald Trump Actually a Threat to Democracy?
And what is to be done?
Jun 23, 2016 / Louis Michael Seidman, Ted Gup, and Elinor Langer
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Donald Trump and neo-Nazis exist along a racist continuum on which it is difficult to draw any lines.
Jun 23, 2016 / Elinor Langer
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American Imperialism: This Is When It All Began American Imperialism: This Is When It All Began
Accustomed to trampling democracy at home, jingoists cannot be expected to see its virtues abroad.
Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Horace White and Elinor Langer
Further Reading and Resources Further Reading and Resources
Find out more about Hawaiian history in books and videos--and on the Web.
Apr 8, 2008 / Feature / Elinor Langer
Guano Guano
The first overseas acquisition of the United States was not Hawaii, but Midway, claimed under the Guano Act of 1856.
Apr 8, 2008 / Feature / Elinor Langer
Excerpts From the ‘Apology Resolution’ Excerpts From the ‘Apology Resolution’
Here's how the US Congress addressed the issue.
Apr 8, 2008 / Feature / Elinor Langer
The Nation on Annexation The Nation on Annexation
From our archives: The Nation addressed the question of annexation in 1898.
Apr 8, 2008 / Feature / Elinor Langer
Famous Are the Flowers: Hawaiian Resistance Then–and Now Famous Are the Flowers: Hawaiian Resistance Then–and Now
The story of how the Hawaiian people lost their homeland--and their continuing quest to win it back.
Apr 8, 2008 / Feature / Elinor Langer
The Great Pumpkin The Great Pumpkin
Some years ago, after I had completed a biography of the radical writer Josephine Herbst, I gave serious thought to writing a biography of Whittaker Chambers.
Jan 30, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Elinor Langer