I contribute frequently to public discussion by publishing opinion pieces in newspapers and magazines. Each brings my historical expertise to bear on issues of contemporary concern.
The One Word That Bars Trump from Pardoning Himself
The Atlantic, November 23, 2020
A Border Patrol Agent Made a Cruel Quip About the Children. It Could Have Been Any of Us
Raleigh News & Observer, June 24, 2018
The Confederacy Lives in NC Law. Why Respect That?
Raleigh News & Observer, December 12, 2018
How a Seattle Synagogue Made News by Hiring a New Custodian
Tablet, August 15, 2016
The Supreme Court was right to overturn Korematsu. Now it needs to overrule Hirabayashi
Los Angeles Times, July 3, 2018
Trump, the ‘Mexican’ Judge, and Racism We’ve Seen Before
Raleigh News & Observer, June 7, 2016
At UNC-CH, Embarrassing Pasts Hidden in Plain Sight
Raleigh News & Observer, December 5, 2015
At UNC, Equivocating on Saunders, Other Oppressors
Raleigh News & Observer, June 1, 2015
Uncovering My Family’s History--Or a Clever Scam--75 Years after Kristallnacht
Tablet, Nov. 7, 2013
Injustice, in Kodachrome
New York Times, June 23, 2012