Charlottesville riots (Unite the Right)

Why are politics so consumed with the past?

Elizabeth Catte’s new book traces a shameful history and its legacy today.

Joe Biden has met with scholars to discuss his presidency and likely legacy—but what are we to make of his special relationship with historian Jon Meacham?

The new crime thriller about a magnetic leader of the Black Panther Party is a sharp criticism of the FBI’s surveillance of social movements past and present.

Misunderstood historical imagery at the January 6 Capitol insurrection.

How a Gilded Age best seller shaped American race discourse.

The verdict was unanimous.

Every statue defends an idea about history, but what if those ideas are wrong?

Moral complexity may be an argument against unthinking iconoclasm. It is not, however, an argument for never taking down statues.

A whole vision of history seems to be leaving the stage.

For Baldwin, the past had always been bent in service of a lie. Could a true story be told?

The controversial version of the U.S. flag has been hailed as a sign of police solidarity and criticized as a symbol of white supremacy.

Why Southerners protesting structural racism in the criminal justice system have turned time and again to the monuments in their communities.

On the occasion of its bicentennial, and in the wake of racist violence in Charlottesville, UVA confronts its history.

American Indians, the Civil War, and Confederate memory.

Confederate Statues aren't the only reminder of the Civil War - the US Army still has major bases named for Confederate soldiers.

In 1790, as the First Amendment was being ratified, George Washington made a promise to American Jews.

Officials in a number of towns and cities are putting up signs to explain the monuments' racist history.

Thomas Dixon’s racist discourse lurks in American politics and society even today.

White supremacists are co-opting the Middle Ages. Fighting back requires us to tell better, fuller stories about the period.