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Another Monument to White Supremacy That Should Come Down? The Electoral College

A new book by Harvard historian Alexander Keyssar examines the racist history of how Americans pick presidents.

The Holocaust Was an Attempt to Erase Millions of People. Today, the World Must Honor the Evidence That They Existed

"Naming the great European void, recognizing its existence by remembering, is thus not only a moral duty but also the only way for us, as survivors, to maintain our own humanity," writes author Elisabeth Åsbrink.

Harvard Professor Links St. Louis to History of American Racism

A review of Walter Johnson's new book "The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States."

Black Workers and Consumers in the Long Civil Rights Movement

by Aimee Loiselle

Historian Aimee Loiselle discusses Traci Parker's new book Department Stores and the Black Freedom Movement: Workers, Consumers, and Civil Rights from the 1930s to the 1980s.

Yes, there were black slaves in the Pacific Northwest. Historians are making the region confront it.

An Oregon author is exploring little-known chapters of the region's ugly, racist roots.

Why Americans First Ignored the Discovery of Gold in the West — And then Ran Screaming for It!

by Edward Dolnick

The fascinating story of the Gold Rush and how it challenged American assumptions about life, work and glory.

Why Scientists Decided to Issue an Indictment of Nicholas Wade's Book

by Jerry A. Coyne

There is no evidence for Wade’s main thesis: that differences in behavior among groups, and in the disparate societies they construct, are based on genetic differences.

2 new books on Watergate reviewed by David Greenberg in the WaPo

by David Greenberg

The books are by Luke A. Nichter, Douglas Brinkley and Ken Hughes.

Ex-President George W. Bush Authors Book About His Father

The younger Bush, 68, also writes about his father’s influence on his own life, including his decision to enter politics.

Rick Perlstein: “Ronald Reagan absolved America almost in a priestly role not to have to contend with sin. The consequences are all around us today”

"From climate change to foreign affairs, Reagan pushed America toward easy lies, just as reckoning seemed possible."

Why a Contrarian History of the United States Is Needed Now

by Ilan Stavans

I’m tired of the hypocritical way immigrants are constantly being described today in public discourse.

How a Book Reviewer Got My Book Wrong

by Jonathan Israel

A response to the book critic who trashed my book, “Revolutionary Ideas,” in the New York Review of Books.

Hispanics in Congress chronicled in history book published by the House of Representatives

This book joins existing publications "Women in Congress" and "Black Americans in Congress" in honoring minorities and their role in government.

Did famous thief steal more of our hidden map treasures?

A book on the exploits of Edward Smiley III, who had a taste for cartography, reveals ancient works are still missing.

America’s (No) Tax Tradition

by Romain Huret

Since the end of the nineteenth century, this tradition of tax resistance has been defended by the most affluent and most advantaged groups in American society.