Current Events that Relate to History

Bill Gates was the monopolistic father figure who Silicon Valley’s young founders rebelled against—and, in so rebelling, became.

Americans have long imagined that they set off a global age of revolt. Seen within the era’s wider wars of empire, the story looks rather different.

Ken Burns talks about his new documentary, The American Revolution; the ongoing project of 1776; and why the war was more than a revolt of wealthy slaveholders.

You can forgive historians if they are overwhelmed by a sense of déjà vu as they witness the hate and vitriol aimed at Muslims by Texas Republicans today.

Walt Disney's trip to the River Rouge plant in Michigan inspired him to embrace the power of automation when designing the first Disney theme park.

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