A 162-page White House report accuses the National Museum of American History of ideological capture and abandoning ...

The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History has embraced "extreme political activism" rather than ...

American political polarization follows predictable historical cycles, with today’s divisions resembling the Civil War era more than the post-WWII bipartisan period. Historical knowledge gaps in ...

On Sept. 2, a rarity will arrive in bookstores: a volume that manages to bridge the divides of today’s highly polarized politics. That book is the Almanac of American Politics. An updated version of ...

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A new report criticizing the Smithsonian is “part of a broader effort that threatens to reduce American history to ...

History lessons are being wiped from the internet, and California is retreating from ethnic studies, as education swings away from curriculums that are seen as too progressive. By Dana Goldstein In ...

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American history is filled with political clashes, but some rivalries went far beyond debates over policy and legislation. These were feuds shaped by ambition, betrayal, and deep-seated personal ...

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 ...

President Trump issued a record number of executive actions in his first months in office, enacting sweeping changes in how the federal government works — and signaling his intentions to reshape how ...