Some are calling on the president to issue an apology when he visits Hiroshima. But an East Asia expert says his visit will focus on remembrance, and explains why that is enough.
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With Freedom on the Move, historians hope to reveal patterns of escape and capture, while giving anyone the chance to learn about the individual heroism of runaway slaves.
Some Republican leaders are hunting for an orthodox, credible candidate to save them from Donald Trump. They probably can’t win.
More than 150 years of scholarship and activism hasn’t brought us any closer to consensus.
The 1968 presidential election saw belligerent, race-baiting populism in full flower. Sound familiar?
John Muir, born on April 21, 1838, was one of America’s first great conservation advocates. His letters and diaries convey the emotions Muir felt in Yosemite Valley, his ‘sanctum sanctorum.’
Christian, criminal or cowardly? People once thought your hair could hold the answer.
The prosperity gospel – a uniquely American strand of Christian theology – creates a dilemma for its adherents.
Why do Americans revere the Grand Canyon? It taught us to look at nature in a new way, and to respect iconic places by leaving them alone.
Much has been written about Robinson’s first major league game. Far less is known about the first integrated spring training game in Florida.
The US’s seventh president was a populist the establishment tried to lock out of the White House. Sound familiar?
If Liverpool hadn’t supplied it with warships, the South might not have been able to put up much of a fight against the Union.
Anti-migrant rhetoric is running high in the US – but its star proponent would do well to think about his German roots.
In 1946, a horrific beating left a Black World War II vet blind. His determined fight for justice would earn the support of Orson Welles, Woody Guthrie – and even the president.
Historically, environmental causes enjoyed bipartisan support but gains by NGOs and the emergence of climate change as a social issue have created a sharp political divide.
Underneath the sheen of the Oscars is an arcane organization that’s historically sought to consolidate power.
One historian is plumbing the oft-discarded works of kids – from shipwreck tales to diary entries – to augment our understanding of U.S. history.
Behind the armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon lie decades of controversy over federal control of public land in western states.
What explains the anger behind the Malheur occupation in Oregon, and why does the BLM own so much land in the West?
Alice Duer Miller’s analysis of contemporary politics not only made anti-suffragist politicians look stupid. It also made her (and women like her) look completely capable of participating in the political sphere.
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