Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

	Up Front America's Top Colleges and Universities Have a Hidden Legacy of Slavery [INTERVIEW]  By David Austin Walsh MIT's Craig Wilder on the role slavery played in the founding and rise of the Ivy League. HISTORIANS/HISTORY The Business of America Is War  By William J. Astore Disaster capitalism on the battlefield and in the boardroom. NEWS ABROAD News Breaking News Historians in the News Washington, D.C. Breaking News Stay Up to Date!  You can now receive a daily digest of news headlines posted on HNN by email. It's simple:  Go Here!   What follows is a streamlined list of stories.  To see the full list:  Go Here! Did RFK swipe JFK's missing brain?  And is this headline clickbait? You bet! NEW YORK POST A history of Amsterdam, the world's most liberal city  Russell Shorto's engaging history of Amsterdam hits all the highlights. ASSOCIATED PRESS Tenants Fret Over Big Debt at a Top Address  New York landmark laws create huge rent disparities in the Belnord. NEW YORK TIMES Smithsonian faces $65M cut in Congress' budget  Budget cuts become so severe the Smithsonian may need to resort to furloughs and museum closings. ASSOCIATED PRESS Medieval Social Networks: A Small World?  The spread of the Black Death in the 14th Century reveals our medieval ancestors' social networks and shows how connected they were. BBC NEWS Rumored Nazi Tunnels In Norway To Be Explored Using 3D Radar  A former history teacher hopes to use ground-penetrating radar to uncover a network of Nazi tunnels believed to be beneath Oslo's city streets. HUFFINGTON POST Belafonte Sues Heirs of Martin Luther King Jr.  Belafonte's collection of King memorabilia lays at the center of the dispute. NEW YORK TIMES In St. Louis, Celebrating a Team Long Gone  The St. Louis Browns (since 1953, the Baltimore Orioles) still have their fans in the old hometown. NEW YORK TIMES A Maryland Hill’s Prehistoric Secret  Pig Point has become a tantalizing window into prehistoric gatherings on the hilltop thousands of years ago. NEW YORK TIMES Jewels That Could Tell 400 Years of History Mellerio dits Meller in Paris is celebrating its 400th birthday. NEW YORK TIMES Historians in the News What follows is a streamlined list of stories.  To see the full list:  Go Here! Henry Louis Gates Jr. Fact-Checks "12 Years a Slave" "It was refreshing how closely they followed the exact events." MOTHER JONES JFK continues to fascinate, 50 years later -- Robert Dallek on CBS This Morning [VIDEO]  Dallek is an award-winning biographer of the thirty-fifth president. CBS THIS MORNING A Conversation With: Historian Ramachandra Guha Ramachandra Guha is one of India’s foremost public intellectuals and historians. “Gandhi Before India,” his first volume of a two-part biography of Mohandas K. Gandhi, was published in India earlier this month. NEW YORK TIMES Much Bigger Than The Shutdown: Niall Ferguson's Public Flogging Of Paul KrugmanBy Ralph Benko Krugman's halo is now broken, thanks to Ferguson. CHICAGO TRIBUNE Meet LGBT History Month icon Martin Duberman [VIDEO] San Diego Gay and Lesbian News profiles the distinguished historian. SAN DIEGO GAY & LESBIAN NEWS Historian Examines How Three 19th-Century Authors Recoiled from Technology  Phys.org highlights Rosalind Williams' work exploring the responses of important authors to technology. PHYS.ORG The Man Who Made America: Simon Winchester Talks New Book By Eric Herschthal Simon Winchester's "The Men Who United the States" tells the nation’s history through the creation of its infrastructure. THE DAILY BEAST Book of Nixon White House tapes coming next summer Luke Nichter and Douglas Brinkley are collaborating on the project. ASSOCIATED PRESS