The history of ivory-topped piano keys and the invisible human suffering caused by our cultural commodities.

There’s a long history of politicians targeting student protesters — and of campus leaders abetting those efforts.

Jimmy Carter is known for his defense of human rights worldwide. But in 1979, he threatened to deport thousands of Iranian student protesters.

Steven Spielberg’s 2012 film Lincoln might well have been called Stevens, after its alternate protagonist: the irascible chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Thaddeus Stevens. As ...

Rethinking the job of history — and the American Historical Association — after the veto of the Gaza “scholasticide” resolution.

Finding testimony from the Afro-Caribbean workers who changed the Americas forever.

In 1973, the Christmas Bird Count formed the basis for a press freedom case that centered on the impacts of DDT.

Gladiator and Gladiator II have little to do with the Roman past. But they have a great deal to do with the American present.

In 1984, the U.S. rejected the International Court of Justice’s jurisdiction, revealing its tendency to ignore international rules it sees as unfavorable — even when it helped write them.

One day in the fall of 1841, the Black abolitionist William Johnson was walking down the street in Philadelphia when a friend thrust a “Human Rights Circular” into his hands. The printed ...

Al Dickenson is an independent historian, researcher, and journalist. His academic work has appeared in the Journal of the American Revolution, among other outlets. Cicada, 1977. [National Museum ...

Understanding Harlan Crow's collection, including Nazi memorabilia, as a set of relics (and not trophies or investments) helps to clarify the unease Americans feel about his understanding of power ...