Memory

Who decides how history gets written?

A new biography tells a far more complex, nuanced, and, frankly, interesting historical episode than that depicted in the typical grade-school pageant.

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain is remarkable not only for his sacrifices on behalf of the Union, but also for the moral imagination that inspired him.

Facing History & Ourselves, known for its model lessons on genocide, has angered staff and disappointed teachers by refusing to provide resources about Gaza.

It may sound counterintuitive, but Ken Burns’ version of U.S. history actually has quite a bit in common with Trump’s version.

On the tension between celebratory rhetoric and restrictive policy surrounding immigration.

And why we need to study the history of slavery and the African diaspora globally.

When the National Park Service removed trans people from the webpages of the Stonewall National Monument, it echoed one of the darkest chapters of the queer past.

At the time of the Civil War, many Americans revered the nation’s Founding Fathers, and both supporters and opponents of slavery recruited them to their sides.

The history of deriving political meaning from Abraham Lincoln’s sexuality.

How historians changed their approach, from the 1960s to the present.

Commentary from the heads of two prominent historical associations on Trump’s recent executive order on “radical indoctrination” in schools.

The White House’s decision to delete a DOJ database of Jan. 6 cases puts those who seek to preserve the historical record in opposition to their own government.

Rethinking the job of history — and the American Historical Association — after the veto of the Gaza “scholasticide” resolution.

A gathering of Union veterans in 1883 sheds light on the country's vision of the American West—as a space for reconciliation and a prize won by the war.

Or, a brief history of today's erasure of history.

It is not attempting to tell a story about Native erasure. It is not trying to tell a story about Native Americans at all. And that tells the real story.

And why so many people remember the tale so differently.

What was the liberal #Resistance "Twitterstorian"? And what did commentators like Heather Cox Richardson morph into during the Biden years?

Washington Cathedral’s break with Confederate memory.

Despite Chalamet’s best efforts, "A Complete Unknown" is a cookie-cutter Bob Dylan biopic for a legendary artist who deserves something more interesting.

A fascinating new exhibit focuses on Baldwin’s years in Turkey, the country that, in his words, saved his life.

What’s going on here, and are we ever going to talk about it?

A discipline born from the study of the Holocaust faces its contradictions as Israel stands accused of the “crime of crimes.”

A new collection of essays by David Montgomery shows how he used labor history as a means of grappling with the largest questions in American history.

“The world didn’t give It, but the world can’t take It away.”

A sweeping new history chronicles a century of unprecedented economic progress driven by markets and innovation.

Ideas about history still prevailing in the liberal resistance to Trump keep pushing us backward.

Fifty years later, two iconic photographs of Los Angeles from 1975 contain our present moment.

One plantation tourist manager said covering slavery would be like “trying to tell the story at Disneyland of how poorly the employees at Disney are treated.”