Theodore Roosevelt

"Everything's sort of layered on a false understanding of history."

A nation that identifies itself with nature begins to fall apart when it can no longer agree on what nature is.

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?

How English and Esperanto offer competing visions of a universal language.

The rise of the first Black woman on the Louisiana Supreme Court was characterized by one battle after another with the Deep South’s white power structure.

A Story Map that highlights events, sites, and people important to Native American history.

The city’s move to rename schools will provide invaluable ammunition to Fox News.

A cat named Miss Pussy! A racist parrot! Benjamin Harrison’s possums, which he later ate!

Since we have new presidential pets, Champ and Major, we take a quick look back at one of the nation’s most famous four-legged White House inhabitants.

The collapse of the Republican Party.

Democrats and Republicans are increasingly united in an anti-China front. But their approaches to U.S. foreign policy diverge.

Climate change and the colonial legacy of fire suppression.

A case study in re-reading nineteenth-century delegation photography.

167 Black soldiers were dishonorably discharged from the army in 1906. Two Angelenos corrected the historical record in the 1970s.

The United States often touts itself as a "nation of immigrants," but this obscures the real story.

She designed Social Security and public works programs that helped bring millions out of poverty. Her work has been largely forgotten.

While assisting businesses, Congress must also continue to help consumers.

But did they backfire?

The Gilded Age roots of Trump's trade philosophy.

Matt Stoller charts the shifts in American attitudes toward corporate consolidation.