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Have historians been writing about the relatively recent past less than the used to? My impression is that the 1960s or 1970s were hardly over before major histories of those eras were written, but relatively little has been written about the 1990s or 2000s.

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Josh Shapiro's handing of the Ellen Greenberg case (women stabbed 20 times, but her death officially ruled a suicide, overturning the initial medical report) as PA Attorney General

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Pa. Capitol staff being paid by taxpayers to edit Wikipedia for elected officials

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How many U.S. government documents from the 1950s or 1960s or even earlier are still classified? What is the process whereby documents get declassified? Is there even a general sense of the amount and general subject matter of still classified documents from decades past?

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How many Americans defected to the Soviet Union then undefected and returned?

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How many historical diaries and personal letters become available to historians every year?

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Many organizations (the Catholic Church being the most famous) had a problem with child sexual abuse, and a long-term, widespread effort to cover it up. I’m interested in those that covered it up: what were their motivations? NSFW

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Was J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI tapping the phones of Hale Boggs and other members of Congress? And, if so, why?

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Do academic historians avoid certain topics that are seen as the domain of kooks and cranks fearing it’ll hurt their career?

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Is there a recent lengthy treatment of the Moorer-Radford Affair?

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Have historians been writing about the relatively recent past less than the used to? My impression is that the 1960s or 1970s were hardly over before major histories of those eras were written, but relatively little has been written about the 1990s or 2000s.	88	AskHistorians
Josh Shapiro's handing of the Ellen Greenberg case (women stabbed 20 times, but her death officially ruled a suicide, overturning the initial medical report) as PA Attorney General	80	TrueAnon
Pa. Capitol staff being paid by taxpayers to edit Wikipedia for elected officials	51	TrueAnon
How many U.S. government documents from the 1950s or 1960s or even earlier are still classified? What is the process whereby documents get declassified? Is there even a general sense of the amount and general subject matter of still classified documents from decades past?	48	AskHistorians
How many Americans defected to the Soviet Union then undefected and returned?	14	AskHistorians
How many historical diaries and personal letters become available to historians every year?	7	AskHistorians
Many organizations (the Catholic Church being the most famous) had a problem with child sexual abuse, and a long-term, widespread effort to cover it up. I’m interested in those that covered it up: what were their motivations? NSFW	6	AskHistorians
Was J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI tapping the phones of Hale Boggs and other members of Congress? And, if so, why?	4	AskHistorians
Do academic historians avoid certain topics that are seen as the domain of kooks and cranks fearing it’ll hurt their career?	4	AskHistorians
Is there a recent lengthy treatment of the Moorer-Radford Affair?	3	AskHistorians