Current Events that Relate to History

Civil Defense and the Deep South in the 1950s.

What 1826, 1876, 1926, and 1976 tell us about 2026.

More so than at any point in the last century, U.S. independence now seems like a parochial affair.

The Netflix documentary series keeps its distance from substantive questions about Hulk Hogan’s legacy.

A new exhibition makes George Washington seem like anything but a saint. That’s a good thing.

Jewish merchants on the island of Sint Eustatius helped sustain the American Revolution after the island gave the U.S. its first foreign salute in 1776.

Voting, a right not initially enshrined in the Constitution, has been secured, revoked, and contested since the nation's founding era.