Memory

Remembering the life of astronaut John Young and the time he took an unauthorized corn beef sandwich into space.

In the hamlet where U.S. troops killed hundreds of civilians, survivors are ready to forgive the most infamous American soldier.

On the 50th anniversary of that extraordinary year, historians consider 1968’s meaning and global context.

On my transition from editor of terrible history books to a writer of mediocre ones.

A dozen historians weigh in.

A reminder of history's proximity is prompted by a visit to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Connections between public history and policy in the wake of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante.

New York's statue debate hits Italian-Americans hard.

The president’s decision to attend the opening of a new civil rights museum in Jackson has sparked protests.

Her latest column suggests that harassment is a product of the sexual revolution. She can’t possibly believe that.

The perspectives of older Americans have dominated the debate. It's time we pay more attention to what younger people have to say.

In an age when the White House is being asked if slavery was a good or bad thing, perhaps we should take a look at the history of the history of slavery.

The man who leaked the Pentagon Papers is back with a new book, The Doomsday Machine.

We might be better off if we knew a little more – or a little less – about her actual life.

Few who are memorialized in stone could fully pass moral muster today. Is that a problem?

Traveling to the heart of Mexico for a Ceremonia del Perdón.

The archive silences the voices of Black women, invalidating the realities of Black women and subjecting enslaved and free(d) women to epistemic violence.

California Is adopting LGBT-Inclusive history textbooks. It's the latest chapter in a centuries-long fight.

The White House's fumbling about slavery and the Civil War fits a long pattern in American politics.

We remember WWI as an unexpected catastrophe. But for the millions living under imperialist rule, terror and degradation were nothing new.

Every year, a group in New Orleans gets together to celebrate the birthday of Lee Harvey Oswald, who they believe was framed.

Americans should not honor a revolt to uphold slavery with monuments or florid displays.

How Miss Millie taught the Civil War.

I didn't know the Confederate general owned slaves. I didn't even know he was part of the Confederacy.

John Kelly's statement about the Civil War is not surprising, but they are a reminder that we should still be worrying about the Civil War.

The South's insistence upon protecting and spreading slavery caused the Civil War.

Yes, honorable men can fight for dishonorable causes.

For decades, slaveholders were powerfully committed to the Union. That changed when Washington stopped protecting their interests.

Why the slope from toppling Confederate monuments to shunning the Founders is so slippery.

There can be no "compromise" with the false view of America's past from Trumpists and pop historians alike.