Thomas Jefferson

An interview with Steven Conn about his new book, “Lies of the Land: Seeing Rural America for What It Is—and Isn’t.”

Now, and for some years to come, we will need a lot less Paul Weiss, and a lot more Benjamin Warner.

The Virginia delegate may have spoken those words on March 23, 1775, but some historians doubt it.

Delivered 250 years ago, the famous oration marked the Henry’s influence. The politician also served in key roles in Virginia’s state government.

On the schoolhouse’s role in enforcing racial hierarchy.

The revolutionary roots of a corrosive national pastime.

America’s early leaders were worried not only about demagogues like Donald Trump, but about the rise of an antidemocratic, wealthy elite that goads such men on.

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.

Attempts to add Canada to the U.S. have gone poorly since the 1770s. Trump's rhetoric threatens a repeat.

The left case for an independent Canada.

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

After February 28, 1967, the main reason to go was to get a job.

The Alien Enemies Act, first approved in the late 1700s, was last used during World War II to identify particular foreign nationals living in the US.

Trump is often described as unprecedented, but in winning a non-consecutive second term, he has a significant antecedent: Grover Cleveland.

Often, the proper scope of the First Amendment can be determined only by considering both text and context.

This year’s momentous vote strangely resembles one of the most consequential elections in American history.

The election of 1801 offers a first-hand example of how current events can offer historians new perspectives on the past.

Make one of President George Washington's favorite cocktails.

John Dickinson's contributions to the Constitution continue to reverberate today.

The overlooked Creek War set the tone for America to come.