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Jews in the industry called for the Academy Museum to highlight the men who created the movie business. A voice in my head went, Uh-oh.

Panic about Catholics, Freemasons, and, later, Jews, is deeply woven into American history, and forms the basis of our fertile culture of conspiracy theorizing.

On the St. Louis theme park that never made it past the drawing board.

The 1993 film also inspired its director, Steven Spielberg, to establish a foundation that preserves survivors' stories.

The age of optimism that lasted in the US from the 1940s to the 1970s looked, basically, like a car.

A chatbot billed as an educational tool falsely portrays historical figures, including dictators and Nazis, as apologetic for their crimes.

The argument that corporations have historically been a force for good—and can be again—is wishful thinking.

Ken Burns’s "The U.S. and the Holocaust" distorts the historical record in service of a political message.

The late socialist writer's first book was a deep exploration of how the US labor movement became so weakened.

How David O. Russell’s movie messes around with the story of the Business Plot.

Biking innovations brought riders freedom. But in a world built for cars, life behind handlebars is both charmed and dangerous.

Thanks to the efforts of wealthy taxpayers, the "big reveal" of the 1920s was extremely short-lived.

Thousands of Americans die preventable deaths each year. Why do we consider them mishaps?

The Christmas classic, released 75 years ago, conveys many messages beyond having faith in one another.

What gets lost when we view the American past as primarily a story about capitalism? 

A six-hour workday could have become the national standard during the Great Depression. Here's the story of why that didn't happen.

At first, it was all about hauling things we needed. Then the vehicle itself became the thing we wanted.

As we confront rightwing extremism in our own time, the history of American fascist sympathy reveals a legacy worth reckoning with.

How 150 years of apocalyptic agitation culminated in an insurrection.

A brief history of the Yuletide in America.