Politically-motivated firings and increased executive branch scrutiny set “a dangerous precedent,” warns a former archivist ...

American history is filled with dramatic stories, legendary figures, and incredible events that have been repeated so often ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep explores the Trump administration's portrayal of 250 years of U.S history captured on the Washington ...

The events celebrating America's 250th anniversary include fashion, history, concerts, film screenings and more.

A complex understanding of the past is vital to understanding what’s happening in the United States today. But many of us often don’t get the historical background we need in school. For example, to ...

Organizers of the country's 250th birthday envision a grassroots, community-driven celebration. How semiquincentennial plans are shaping up.

Black history is American history. The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) faces possible loss of federal funding after being targeted by a Trump administration executive ...

On September 3, AEI’s Yuval Levin, Christine Rosen, and Adam J. White hosted a symposium at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello examining the American Revolution’s legacy in American history. The first ...

Part one: Beginnings : Asians in the Americas. Los Chinos in New Spain and Asians in early America ; Coolies -- Part two: The making of Asian America during the age of mass migration and Asian ...

Professor challenges modern American history curriculum in new book, arguing educators present Western culture negatively ...

America cannot afford to whitewash its past. Yet that is exactly what is at stake in the current review of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. To question whether slavery and ...

The 2026 SC African American History Calendar recognizes Black South Carolinians who helped American win its independence in the Revolutionary War.