How Politics Is Changing the Way History Is Taught

History lessons are being wiped from the internet, and California is retreating from ethnic studies, as education swings away ...
Yahoo

This is who we are: America’s 250-year history of political violence

Others similarly weighed in. Whoopi Goldberg on “The View” declared that Americans solve political disagreements peacefully: “This is not the way we do it.” Yet other awful episodes come immediately ...

News Analysis: Prop. 50 is just one part of a historically uncertain moment for American democracy

Amid a swirl of high-stakes political standoffs from Sacramento to Washington, the future of U.S. politics and democracy has ...

The challenging history of the South African apartheid movement and America’s right

The idea that white South Africans face an existential threat emerged in the violent final decade of apartheid rule. It was a ...
Los Angeles Times

A new era of American political violence is upon us. How did we get here? How does it end?

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The U.S. is in a new era of political violence — one that feels starker than any since the fraught days of 1968, ...
Opinion

Honest American History Shouldn’t Be Divisive

Annie Polland argues that studying our humble roots teaches us what really makes American history exceptional.
Smithsonian Magazine

What Ten Artifacts from the Smithsonian Collections Can Tell Us About the Crazy History of American Politics

Democracy is a loud, chaotic and flashy affair. Presidential candidates have emblazoned their names on T-shirts, socks, underwear, potholders, calendars, coffee mugs and bumperstickers, while ...

What does history say about Trump’s moves in Latin America?

Where President James Monroe conjured his original Monroe Doctrine to “keep European powers out of the region,” Trump instead ...
UPI

This is who we are: America's 250-year history of political violence

The day after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed while speaking at Utah Valley University, commentators repeated a familiar refrain: "This isn't who we are as Americans." Others ...
The Spokesman-Review

A new era of American political violence is upon us. How did we get here? How does it end?

LOS ANGELES – Two assassination attempts on President Donald Trump. The assassination of a Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband and the wounding of others. The assassination of a top healthcare ...