While Columbus Day affirms the story of a nation created by Europeans for Europeans, Indigenous Peoples Day emphasizes Native histories and Native people – an important addition to our ever-evolving understanding of what it means to be American.
Recent critiques of “presentism” fail to see that we can’t divorce the past from the present—and that supposedly objective scholarship has long promoted racist narratives and suppressed Black history.
Accuracy no longer matters. Witnessing no longer matters. Conformity matters.
Trio of studies suggests new homeland for earliest Indo-European speakers and traces movements of ancient Greeks, Imperial Romans
The key ingredient in our oldest vaccine is a mystery that goes back 200 years.
Opinions about fetal personhood and abortion have fluctuated enormously throughout history and differ in surprising ways between cultures.
Through Howard Zinn's example, his activism, and the enduring relevance of his writings, we can commit, on the centennial of his birth, to reiterate one of his central messages: war is not the answer to conflict in the 21st century.
More so than any other genre, the blues addressed the misery of black American life under capitalism. The work of the late historian Paul Garon made an invaluable contribution to unearthing this tradition’s radical roots.
Biden seeks counsel from a group of scholars who aren’t deeply versed in the racial threat to our democracy
Moscow - along with Beijing - is preparing for a long-term geopolitical confrontation in Africa.
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