Current Events that Relate to History

A statue of Caesar Rodney, a signer of the Declaration of Independence who enslaved over 200 people, was taken down in Delaware, during 2020 protests.

'One Battle After Another' brings the immigration debate to the big screen. It isn't the first.

In the wake of the Cold War, some Soviet bloc spies decided their fake American lives weren’t so bad.

In the 1970s and 1980s, battles to preserve Mono Lake set new protection precedents.

How the British occupation of Boston shaped our political sensibility.

Tracing the history of Americans' relationships with the silver screen, from film's earliest days to the cinematic creations of our own times.