A 162-page White House report accuses the National Museum of American History of ideological capture and abandoning ...

These six presidential speeches are some that have most reverberated through the ages, and whose impacts are still felt today ...

Impress your friends at this year’s Fourth of July party with these five surprisingly true stories from American history.

Many historians have recently seen it as a tame, even disappointing affair. But in the Trump era, the old question of its ...

Braun Professor of American Jewish History Emeritus at Brandeis University. He also is the past president of the Association ...

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 ...

In 1939, more than 120 years after the first photograph ever was taken, Robert Cornelius set up a camera in the back of his family’s store and took what is believed to be the very first photographic ...

“Don’t know much about history . . .,” goes the famous song. It’s an apt motto for the Common Core’s elementary school curriculum. And it’s becoming a serious problem. A 2014 report by the National ...

From Carl Reiner’s toupee to Carrie Bradshaw’s laptop, Funny Stuff: How Comedy Shaped American History explores comedy in ...