A complex understanding of the past is vital to understanding what’s happening in the United States today. But many of us often don’t get the historical background we need in school. For example, to ...

American history has never felt more urgently relevant. As the United States approaches the 250th anniversary of its founding ...

Each February, the U.S. honors the contributions and sacrifices of African Americans who have shaped the nation. If you're struggling with the best way to educate children about Black history, this ...

Retiring from the classroom after 50 years in academia, every journalist’s favorite Jewish historian is enjoying a victory lap. Journalists I know joke that the only Jewish historian they ever need to ...

As the United States approaches the 250th anniversary of its founding in July 2026, the nation must confront a stark reality: Americans are more polarized than they’ve been in decades. Among the key ...

Columnist, author, and linguist Richard Lederer spent about six months writing his latest book, “American History for Everyone.” That was a lot longer than it’s typically taken him to write his dozens ...

Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America re-tells American history from the experiences of Black people. In today's episode, political commentator and author Michael Harriot speaks with ...

Some Two hundred years of American history will be reviewed during the spring “Books Sandwiched In” lunch-time review series at Richmond Memorial Library, 19 Ross St.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – South Dakota State Library (SDSL) is commemorating America’s 250th anniversary with a reading program for all ages. According to a press release from the South Dakota ...

In one of the earlier chapters of historian Walter A. McDougall’s recently compiled volume The Gems of American History: A Lecturer’s Art, we are treated to a pregnant aside. McDougall describes a ...

Sheldon Meyer '49, a renowned Oxford University Press (OUP) editor who over a 50-year career transformed the world's oldest publishing house into a leading purveyor of American cultural history, died ...