Gary B. Nash

Racial blamelessness and the politics of forgetting.

Has the celebrated musical eclipsed the man himself?

An interview with Woody Holton on his new book, "Liberty is Sweet."

Like the 1619 Project, two new books on the Constitution reflect a vigorous debate about what has changed in the American past—and what hasn’t.

Old feuds remind us that history is continually revised, driven by new evidence and present-day imperatives.

The chaotic quest to mythologize America’s past.

Hearing about backlash to what kids are learning in U.S. History classrooms? It could have been last week—or 150 years ago.

Critics of the New York Times’s 1619 Project obscure a longstanding debate among historians over whether the American Revolution was a proslavery revolt.

Nearly two decades ago, historians embraced a hugely wasteful federal education program. It’s past time to reckon with that.

Washington changed the world forever when he crossed the Delaware—for the worse.

A look back at the historian's work suggests that contemporary radicals may be all too invested in the myth of American consensus.