Harvard professor and New Yorker writer Jill Lepore explores the ongoing struggle to amend America's founding document and ...

By making historic events relatable on a personal level, these authors are sowing seeds of compassion, something in short supply these days.

A new Mississippi history textbook provides a comprehensive look at the state's complex past. The book covers the Civil War with historical accuracy, avoiding revisionist narratives. It highlights key ...

"America, América" goes beyond the interventions and coups to highlight how social democratic ideals endure in the region.

It is well-documented that U.S. history textbooks have provided a limited picture of the role race and ethnicity play in the American past and present. Figuring out how to remedy that, though, has ...

This past summer's uproar over "Try That in a Small Town," a song by country music star Jason Aldean, is over—but with the school year underway, the controversy over the song remains an instructive ...

The teaching of history has become a flashpoint in the culture wars. But while the battle is fierce, it’s not new. An earlier round in the conflict in the 1920s — over the teaching of the American ...

School history textbooks provide an important source of information for learners of history. Textbook narratives of a nation’s past often present a limited frame of reference, which impedes the aim of ...