History

On March 23, 2026, a replica of a Christopher Columbus statue—originally toppled and thrown into Baltimore’s Inner Harbor during 2020 protests—was placed on the grou...

This NPR segment features host Steve Inskeep interviewing historian Daniel Immerwahr about President Donald J. Trump’s foreign-policy choices and their effects on th...

The U.N. General Assembly adopted a non-binding resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans and the transatlantic slave trade to be "the gravest crime ...

In a recent speech in South Carolina, former President Joe Biden sharply criticized current President Donald Trump, accusing him of erasing historical truths and und...

The 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York has opened an exhibit titled "Our Flag Was Still There" in its Foundation Hall that highlights flags and related artifacts conne...

The article surveys the long relationship between U.S. presidents and the British monarchy ahead of King Charles III's visit to Washington, D.C. It notes early antag...

Washington, D.C.'s famed cherry blossom trees at the Tidal Basin are approaching peak bloom, expected between March 29 and April 1, drawing large crowds for the Nati...

Fox Nation is streaming a nearly hour-long special titled "Harlem Globetrotters: America's Greatest Show" to mark the Harlem Globetrotters' centennial. Hosted by Law...

Archaeologists working at Hedegård in Central Jutland, Denmark, have uncovered a 2,000-year-old temple and evidence of a large fortified Iron Age settlement that app...

The article traces the varied roles and meanings of the letter and symbol X across time and culture. It outlines X’s linguistic roots in Greek (used for kʰ or ks sou...

Historian Rhae Lynn Barnes, in research that informed her book Darkology: Blackface and the American Way of Entertainment, uncovered extensive primary-source evidenc...

The article discusses the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) recent call for broadcasters to increase 'patriotic, pro-America' programming as the United State...