Current Events that Relate to History

President Ford’s pardon of Nixon is seen as a damaging precedent establishing presidential impunity. Now, the Supreme Court has affirmed that impunity.

The white pines of New England may have done more than any leaf of tea to kick off the American Revolution.

There’s hagiography, then there’s whatever … this is.

Demography has not managed to be destiny in the past half-century—but predictions of a millenarian shift have not lost their appeal.

In 1916, an unlikely duo exposed political corruption in Indiana, setting a new precedent for fair voting across the country.

Twenty-five years ago, protesters shut down the meeting of the World Trade Organization. At the time, it seemed very important. But is it now?

Stories of American children at work and play.