History News Network

History News Network (HNN) at George Washington University is a platform for historians writing about current events.

## History

History News Network (HNN) is a non-profit corporation 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.[1][2][3]

HNN, originally hosted by George Mason University, moved to George Washington University in 2017.[4]

Murray Polner was the long-time book editor for HNN.[5][6]

In 2012, HNN celebrated the Fourth of July 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, Richard G. Williams’s 2006 book Stonewall Jackson: The Black Man’s Friend and A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn.[2] Over 1000 HNN readers gave the nod to Barton and Zinn.[7]

## References

1. ↑ "History News Network» History News Network". Chnm.gmu.edu. http://chnm.gmu.edu/history-news-network/.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "History News Network Celebrates Bad History Books". The New York Times. http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/04/history-news-network-celebrates-bad-history-books/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0.
3. ↑ "York College Professor Reviews For History News Network". York.cuny.edu. https://www.york.cuny.edu/news/york-college-professor-reviews-for-history-news-network.
4. ↑ Warren, James (27 March 2017). "Shenkman's New Home". Vanity Fair. http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/03/the-truth-about-trumps-print-media-fixation. Retrieved 23 November 2021. "Journalist-historian Rick Shenkman has found a new home for the History News Network, namely George Washington University, meaning 'its future is now assured' after departing George Mason University.".
5. ↑ Oster, Marcy (2 June 2019). "Murray Polner, founding and only editor of Present Tense magazine, dies at 91". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/murray-polner-founding-and-only-editor-of-present-tense-magazine-dies-at-91.
6. ↑ Roberts, Sam (5 June 2019). "Murray Polner, Antiwar Editor and Author, Is Dead at 91". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/05/obituaries/murray-polner-dead.html.
7. ↑ Jennifer Schuessler, "And the Worst Book of History Is …" in New York Times July 16, 2012 online.

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