american history

Filipinos make up the largest ethnic Asian population on Hawai’i, but most classrooms didn’t teach Filipino history.

“I have sought to concentrate on beauty and happiness, rather than on man’s inhumanity to man.”

How a 1970s cult became a blueprint for problematic “tough love” rehabs.

“We are living in another time of testing," says historian and author Heather Cox Richardson.

A closer look at the story of the Lalaurie mansion reveals a lot about systemic racism and what drives it: power.

The National Archives breaks down the story of the new film and the history of the Osage Nation.

Ben Tumin and Anne Blue Wills discuss the story of how one magazine editor created the annual celebration.

Rebekah Harkness's life has been immortalized for generations of music fans

“Erased: The Murder of Elma Sands,” tells the story of the first recorded murder trial in US history.

No one has ever heard the flute before — it’s about damn time.

“Was patriotism only about celebrating whiteness?”

“The history of America is one of brutal mass slaughter.”

Winona Guo and Priya Vulchi want to change how American students are taught about race.

Textbooks and schools are dropping the ball when it comes to the Civil War.

"There are days where I curse the selfishness that seems to lie in the rationale of his voters."