In August 1976, a territorial conflict arose in the Joint Security Area of the Korean Demilitarized Zone over a poplar tree obstructing the view between a UN Command checkpoint and an observation post ...

The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame will release The Racetracks of America: From the Pre-Civil War Days to the 21st Century, a 440-page coffee table book chronicling the rich history of ...

Three esteemed Yale historians are teaming up this fall to teach “America at 250: A History” as part of the 2025 DeVane Lecture course, an annual lecture series that is open to the public at no charge ...

On Aug. 4, the National Park Service announced that it will restore and reinstall the statue of Confederate Gen. Albert Pike in Washington. This decision is yet another round in the ongoing fight over ...

On this episode of American Prestige, Erik Baker on the deep-seated roots of US hustle culture. Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison Here's where to find podcasts from The Nation. Political talk without ...

The history of tariffs in America is a long one. In fact, tariffs have been a part of the American fabric since the early days of the Republic. The first tariff legislation was introduced by James ...

Since taking office in January, President Trump has tried to reframe the country’s past involving racism and discrimination by de-emphasizing that history or at times denying that it happened. News ...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted a graphic on June 11 depicting Uncle Sam nailing up a poster that reads, "Help your country…and yourself…." Underneath the poster is the command ...

Let’s get real for a moment. For 350 years the land that would become the United States and the country itself was one of, if not the, largest market for kidnapped human beings being sold into slavery ...

Before sunrise in Baltimore on Friday, the Rev. Robert Turner, senior pastor of the Empowerment Temple AME Church, set out to walk 43 miles from his church to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of ...

Several artifacts are being removed from the National Museum of African American History and Culture, according to the owners of the artifacts. The removals come after the Trump administration issued ...

A conversation with Greg Grandin about his groundbreaking new book America, América: A New History of the New World. The “Visscher Map of the New World” including North and South America, 1658. A ...