Although fewer black women were lynched in the US than men, their stories have been marginalized. Will a new memorial in Alabama help make their sacrifices known?
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Past presidents have made strange requests of the FBI, some of which were documented by J. Edgar Hoover.
The Panama Canal was a tremendous achievement by the U.S. and a display of their power and abilities. However, the health costs to the mostly Caribbean contract workers was enormous.
Not a day passes without fresh speculation about the possible impeachment of Donald Trump, but history indicates that – barring a dramatic turn of events – he is likely to serve out his first term.
On April 5, 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt created the Civilian Conservation Corps, a massive relief program that paid young men to plant trees and build parks across the nation. It was money well spent.
Recent changes to the 2020 census are worrying experts who say they may lead to an undercount. It's an issue other democracies have also grappled with throughout history.
How Americans decide who can come into the country and who can stay reflects beliefs about what makes people worthy of opportunity.
A former US Department of Defense and State Department official explains why a hard-line approach on North Korea will likely fail, as it did with Iran.
The unique role of the temperance movement in US history might explain why, when it comes to Americans' tastes, bland beer is still king.
Efforts to curb railroads' monopoly power in the 19th century hold lessons for 21st-century policymakers and internet giants alike.
During the Cold War, the US built nuclear weapons at a network of secretive sites across the nation. Some are still heavily polluted and threaten public health today.
Decades ago, the CIA created a secret department dedicated to spreading anti-communist propaganda around the globe. A scholar explains how it is comparable to Russian meddling through social media.
Throughout America's history, a duality has existed: On one side, there has been the belligerent, aggressive America. On the other, the generous, amiable one.
The international community has failed to recognise the new political visions being articulated by young musicians and activists across Africa.
The US has yet to fully undergo a process of truth and reconciliation.
No new oil drilling has been approved since 1984 off the California coast, where a major spill in 1969 helped launch the environmental movement. Sixty-nine percent of Californians oppose offshore drilling today.
The practice of calling attention to false stories – with actual fakers then levying the charge on their accusers – dates back to battles between progressive reformers and corporate media outlets.
Bill Clinton and Donald Trump share an awkward anniversary.
For the Native people of California, the dream has been more of a nightmare.
The new movie about P.T. Barnum couldn’t come at a better time: It's impossible not to see his ghost in our culture, in our advertisements and in our president.
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Associate Professor of History, Pennsylvania State University
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Distinguished Professor of History and Environmental Studies, Pennsylvania State University
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Teaching Fellow, Queen Mary University of London
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Associate Professor of History and African and African Diaspora Studies, University of Texas at Austin
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Ruth Coulter Heede Professor of Art History, Case Western Reserve University
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Executive Director, International Association for Communication and Sport, Emeritus Professor of Communication, Saint Xavier University
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Professor of Journalism, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
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Professor of History, Director of Food Studies, University of the Pacific
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Curator of Caribbean Archaeology, University of Florida
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