Political theorist Hannah Arendt came of age in Germany as Hitler came to power. Her life and writings have a chilling ...

Political theorist Hannah Arendt came of age in Germany as Hitler came to power. Her life and writings have a chilling ...

Journalists accurately reported that the führer was a “Little Man” whom the whole world was laughing at. It didn’t matter.

As a descendant of German immigrants, from college on I devoured histories of the rise of fascism to grasp how the cultured and educated democracy of my great-grandparents could succumb so tragically.

“Ask him a question and you get a speech. This whole trip was a waste ... and a frantic weekend of subterfuge in January 1933 rescued Hitler from the political brink and vaulted him to power.

Warning signs that this was where American was headed have been there since the days of the Tea Party and Glenn Beck ...

I hadn’t known the organizers planned to open up the mic after powerful speeches from activists like ... Well before Hitler implemented the “Final Solution” to wipe Jews themselves from ...

She is dead wrong. Hitler’s regime didn’t thrive on open debate. When the Nazis took power in 1933, they didn’t exploit free speech — they torched it. Decrees banned criticism, shuttered ...

In 1933, a George Gershwin musical foretold the rise of Trump. It was a failure then, but what would today's audiences have to say?

She is dead wrong. Hitler’s regime didn’t thrive on open debate. When the Nazis took power in 1933, they didn’t exploit free speech — they torched it. Decrees banned criticism, shuttered ...