Woody Holton

Inside the profession, the battle over the 1619 Project continues.

Woody Holton’s "Liberty is Sweet" charts not only the contest with Great Britain over “home rule” but also the internal struggle over who should rule at home. 

Recent books by Woody Holton and Alan Taylor offer fresh perspectives on early US history but overstate the importance of white supremacy as its driving force.

Why has a relatively conventional history of the War of Independence drawn such an outraged response?

Are the truths in the Declaration of Independence really self-evident?

Reflections on the latest public debate between historians about the causes of the American Revolution.

Despite its failures and limitations, the American Revolution unleashed popular aspirations to throw off tyranny of all kinds.

Though technologies have altered information warfare, the underlying principles remain unchanged since the day-to-day operations of the Continental Army.

Historian Gerald Horne has developed a grand theory of U.S. history as a series of devastating backlashes to progress—right down to the present day.

Nikole Hannah-Jones' new book sidesteps scholarly critics while quietly deleting previous factual errors.

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.

Far from a partisan for free markets, the Founding Father insisted on the need for economic planning. We need more of that vision today.

The paper’s series on slavery made avoidable mistakes. But the attacks from its critics are much more dangerous.

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