But the belief that America previously had a well-functioning democracy is an illusion

The framers of the 13th Amendment did not intend to establish an empire of prison labor

The ups and downs of his reputation reflect changes in key elements of Americans’ historical consciousness

Interview on how racism is part of the Trump family DNA

Interview on history and books on history

David Montgomery, who died on December 2 at the age of 84 of a brain haemorrhage, was one of the most prominent…

David Montgomery, who has died aged 84 of a brain haemorrhage, was one of the most prominent historians in the US and…

As a historian, what do you make of the American left’s turn back to the term progressivism? Ever since Reagan and…

The changes to the social studies curriculum recently approved by the conservative-dominated Texas Board of Education have attracted attention mainly because of…

Ever since 1948, when Harvard professor Arthur Schlesinger Sr. asked 55 historians to rank U.S. presidents on a scale from “great” to…