History News Network (HNN) at

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is a platform for historians writing about current events.

History

History News Network (HNN) is a

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registered in Washington DC. HNN was founded by Richard Shenkman, the author of ''Legends, Lies & Cherished Myths of World History''. Shenkman served as editor until his retirement in 2019. Historian Kyla Sommers is the current editor-in-chief. HNN sponsors several history-oriented blogs including Liberty and Power (coordinated by

David T. Beito David T. Beito (born 1956) is a historian and professor of history at the University of Alabama. Beito is the founder and one of the key contributors to the group weblog Liberty and Power, which is located at the History News Network. He manages t ...

), and Jim Loewen. HNN, originally hosted by

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, moved to George Washington University in 2017. Murray Polner was the long-time book editor for HNN. In 2012, HNN celebrated the

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by holding a contest to select the worst books about American history every published. Nominees David Barton’s ''The Jefferson Lies'',

Michael Bellesiles ''Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture'' is a discredited 2000 book by historian Michael A. Bellesiles about American gun culture, an expansion of a 1996 article he published in the ''Journal of American History''. Bellesiles, th ...

’s ''

Arming America ''Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture'' is a discredited 2000 book by historian Michael A. Bellesiles about American gun culture, an expansion of a 1996 article he published in the ''Journal of American History''. Bellesiles, th ...

'',

Gavin Menzies Rowan Gavin Paton Menzies (14 August 1937 – 12 April 2020) was a British submarine Lieutenant Commander#Royal Navy, lieutenant-commander who authored books claiming that the Chinese sailed to America before Columbus. Historians have rejected ...

’s ''1421 : The Year China Discovered America,'' and Richard G. Williams’s 2006 book ''Stonewall Jackson: The Black Man’s Friend''.

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