History News Network (HNN) at
George Washington University
, mottoeng = "God is Our Trust"
, established =
, type = Private federally chartered research university
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, endowment = $2.8 billion (2022)
, presi ...
is a platform for historians writing about current events.
History
History News Network (HNN) is a
non-profit corporation
A nonprofit corporation is any legal entity which has been incorporated under the law of its jurisdiction for purposes other than making profits for its owners or shareholders. Depending on the laws of the jurisdiction, a nonprofit corporation may ...
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), and
Jim Loewen.
HNN, originally hosted by
George Mason University
George Mason University (George Mason, Mason, or GMU) is a public research university in Fairfax County, Virginia with an independent City of Fairfax, Virginia postal address in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area. The university was origin ...
, moved to George Washington University in 2017.
Murray Polner
Murray Polner (March 15, 1928 – May 30, 2019) was an American editor and author. He was the founding editor of ''Present Tense'', a job he held for the entire two decades that the magazine was published. He was an anti-Vietnam War
Opposit ...
was the long-time book editor for HNN.
In 2012, HNN celebrated the
Fourth of July
Independence Day (colloquially the Fourth of July) is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the Declaration of Independence, which was ratified by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, establishing the United States ...
by holding a contest to select the worst books about American history every published. Nominees
David Barton’s ''The Jefferson Lies'',
Michael Bellesiles’s ''
Arming America'',
Gavin Menzies’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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