Current Events that Relate to History

The new Obama Presidential Center, in Chicago, is inspiring—but departs from other presidential libraries in a crucial, and risky, way.

The global politics of 1776.

From the 1970s-era L.A. Aztecs to the 2026 World Cup, the game too often sidelines those who built it.

The acclaimed historian, who died at the age of 92 this week, spent decades at the center of a debate about the founding of the United States.

Within a generation, Jewish immigrant women had pulled off some of the most combative and highly organized labor actions in American history.

Institutions are only as strong as their occupants.

The long history of emancipation in the United States, from individual escapes and manumissions, through Civil War fighting and Reconstruction legislation, to Juneteenth commemorations.