New perspectives on how history is made
The idea that citizenship extends to everyone born on U.S. soil has precedents stretching back to the Founding.
A historian thinks about how interpretations of the American Revolution’s causes have changed — and stayed the same — over the course of his career.
How the residents of Sherman, Texas, came together to patch a hole in historical memory.
A historian stumbles upon an article that provides a fascinating glimpse into how the world thought about witchcraft and sex in 1963.
One man has been steadily carving rock-hewn churches in Ethiopia for more than a decade. Scholars appreciate what his work teaches them about the past, while marveling at something completely new.
Donald Trump didn’t bring back the Monroe Doctrine. That was the work of the 26th president — and many of the presidents who succeeded him.
Finding shades of Elon Musk in Upton Sinclair’s 1937 novel about Henry Ford.
In 1876, Porfirio Díaz successfully deposed the Mexican government. He couldn’t have done it without the help of powerful Americans.
The Superbowl LX halftime show tapped into a 200-year old tradition of elevating hemisphere over nation in the struggle against imperial rule.
On the United States’ 150th birthday, Calvin Coolidge said that the country’s work was done. Not everyone agreed.
But not because the founders wanted to see more guns in the hands of Americans.
How the conservative scholar’s 1996 bestseller anticipated blaming everything on “woke.”
What are we to make of the sapphic love depicted in early fiction and photography?
In the interwar period, a British media magnate set out to convince voters to stop worrying and love protectionism.
The Metropolitan Police Department in DC has been an essential component of Washington politics since its founding.
Recent news coverage has called the Privacy Act of 1974 “Watergate-inspired,” but such framing misses the big picture.
Revisiting the lessons of Allan Bérubé’s 1990 history of queer solders during World War II.
Meet Clio, a pedagogical tool that doubles as a travel app to get people hooked on learning history.
A scorched shoe is a crucial part of Zelda Fitzgerald’s modern mythology. But there’s no proof it existed.
Comparing the dueling versions of history found in Gothic fiction.
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