On the two-year anniversary of the Charlottesville white supremacist rally, Ben Railton discusses the hidden histories of both enslaved laborers at the University of Virginia and Charlottesville’s African-American Vinegar Hill neighborhood.
Ben Railton discusses Puerto Rico’s relationship to the United States and Puerto Rican political and social activism, in an era when both those topics have become central national conversations once more.
Ben Railton talks about his new book, We the People: The 500-Year Battle over Who is American.
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were complex men, multi-layered historical figures whose flaws as well as their successes have a great deal to teach us about America.
The Red Summer of 1919 represented one of the darkest and bloodiest moments in American history.
Any modern tensions between the U.S. and England pale in comparison with hostilities during the War of 1812.
Through her articles on suffrage, gender relations, racism, and voting, Michelson used her writing to chip away at these barriers.
The truth about the roles of Robert E. Lee and James Longstreet may be far different than the legend.
In the news for the week ending April 19, 2019, are a Star Wars movie trailer, a message from Alex Trebek, a garlicky dessert, and much more.
In 1791, the federal government decided to tax distilled spirits, and the battle over who, what, and how much to tax has been raging ever since.
Ben Railton argues that the biggest threat to higher education isn’t the restriction of free speech, but the lack of funding for our public institutions.
While histories of lynching often focus on the male perpetrators and victims, women have also played roles both destructive and inspiring.
Ben Railton examines the many ways that Du Bois’s work and words resonate with our contemporary moment, offering urgent lessons for America and the world in 2019.
The racist practice of blackface is deeply embedded in American history, and recognizing its legacies allows us to better understand and fight against the presence of bigoted imagery throughout American culture.
Pudge Heffelfinger was such a legend that they did something that had never before been done in football: they paid him.
The best way to understand the histories and communities of Mexican Americans is to read the stories written by Mexican Americans.