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Welcome to Viewpoints. Viewpoints is the archive of opinion pieces distributed through the History News Service. These essays have appeared in newspapers around the country.

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Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)—Article 19 states that "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers."
Free Speech: Still Under Threat
Grover Cleveland, painted by Anders Zorn in 1899
The Politics of Civility
A map of northern Ireland
Ending the War in Northern Ireland
A view of New York City behind Secretary Gale Norton in a lower Manhattan office space in 2006.
Downsizing Becomes Normal
A portrait of Slobodan Milosevic
Glory and the New World Order
Side view of an Andrew Jackson bust at the MET.
The Long Tradition of White House Sex Scandals
Monica Lewinsky's official government ID photo from 1997.
Another Watergate?
A sign from a DC Women's March that reads, "70% anti-abortion leaders are men; 100% of them will never be pregnant."
Abortion, History, and the Beginning of Life
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams: An Example for Our Times
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Joseph-Siffred Duplessis.
Apologizing for Slavery
Statue of Peter the Great in Moscow
The Past and Future of Russian-American Relations
The Dalai Lama during a visit to Boston, Massachusetts in 2017.
An Effective American Policy on Tibet?
Charles E. Wilson being sworn in
Beyond Civil Rights
A photo of the Steamship Martha Washington in 1913.
Thinking Differently about “Think Different”
Hand-coloured woodcut of a Methodist camp meeting in Eastham, Massachusetts, c. 1850.
Promise Keepers Stake Male Claim to Moral and Political Power
Senator Fred Thompson at the Chattanooga Summit in 1996.
Back to the Future of Fund-Raising Scandals
The flag of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Critique of NATO’s Expansion
An image comparing Communism to Naziism
Historical Analogies and the China Debate
A 1960s photo of a hallway inside the Philadelphia County Prison.
Have We Learned Nothing About Prisons?
Schools often have dedicated computer labs which different classes share for studying and research.
The Fifth Wave?
Flag of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
NATO Expansion in Eastern Europe: For What and For Whom?
Melissa Drexler on trial
Infanticide: Something New Under the Sun?
The Dalai Lama waves to a crowd during a visit to the Netherlands in the 1980s.
Hong Kong and Tibet
The coat of arms of the Republic of Texas from the 19th century.
The Real Republic of Texas