Eric Foner’s Personal History Eric Foner’s Personal History
Reflecting on his decades-long career, the historian considers what his field of study owes to the public.
Aug 14, 2025 / Feature / Eric Foner
Red Scares, Past and Present Red Scares, Past and Present
What are the parallels between the rise of McCarthyism in the 1950s and today?
Aug 12, 2025 / Books & the Arts / David Cole
What History Tells Us About the Rise of Fiorello La Guardia What History Tells Us About the Rise of Fiorello La Guardia
Zohran Mamdani’s favorite mayor was nobody's idea of a shoo-in—until he became inevitable.
Aug 12, 2025 / Richard Kreitner
Mark Twain’s Many Lives Mark Twain’s Many Lives
A new biography depicts the different sides of the American author.
Aug 11, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Adam Hochschild
Trump Wants to Make the Confederacy Great Again Trump Wants to Make the Confederacy Great Again
The president is making a big push to rewrite the past in favor of some of America's top historical traitors, racists, and scumbags.
Aug 6, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
Magnus Hirschfeld’s Forgotten Revolution Magnus Hirschfeld’s Forgotten Revolution
The Weimar physician advocated for a more fluid understanding of sexuality and gender—a pioneering idea that was erased by the rise of Nazism.
Aug 5, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Lizzie Tribone
The Story of America Can Be Found on the Banks of the Rio Grande The Story of America Can Be Found on the Banks of the Rio Grande
Richard Parker’s love letter to El Paso, The Crossing, argues that the Texas city can illustrate the best and the worst of the nation’s history.
Aug 4, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Kyle Paoletta
It Has Never Been Easy to Be Both Black and American It Has Never Been Easy to Be Both Black and American
The administration knows that subduing history as it is doing works to keep people of color in this country disunited and at odds with each other.
Jul 28, 2025 / Keenan Norris
Challenging the Silence Over Palestine in the American Historical Association Challenging the Silence Over Palestine in the American Historical Association
Institutional complicity in injustice.
Jul 24, 2025 / Van Gosse
The Argentine Grandmothers Who Resisted the Junta The Argentine Grandmothers Who Resisted the Junta
Haley Cohen Gilliland’s A Flower Traveled in My Blood looks at the efforts of a human rights group to find the children and grandchildren who were disappeared by a dictatorship.
Jul 24, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Jacob Sugarman