Alexander Heffner

Heffner is the host of The Open Mind on PBS.

Recent Articles

The American Historical Record Includes Court Cases, Famous Speeches—And Trump’s Tweets. Here’s Why That Matters

"The question became: Do we publish tweets that are themselves very real but spew untruths, or do we omit artifacts that have failed to uphold facts?"

By Alexander Heffner

Donald Trump Fails U.S. History

By becoming the first to not evoke history in his acceptance speech, Trump endangers what America has worked to become

By Alexander Heffner
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