Students from around the globe show their mettle at National History Day.
By Anna Maria Gillis
The Civil War divided Americans into two kinds of people.
By David Skinner
How a feathered serpent god presided over a forgotten golden age of Mexican art.
By Doug Harvey
The U.S. Capitol, as we know it today, would never have existed without Jefferson Davis.
By Guy Gugliotta
George Washington was not born a leader but he carefully made himself into one.
By Edward G. Lengel
Henry David Thoreau went in for society, but on his own terms.
By Danny Heitman
Barbara Tuchman saw history as a grand tragedy
By Meredith Hindley
As Germany occupied France, Green brought Paris to life in his superlative diaries.
By Francis-Noël Thomas
The battle for Nietzsche's legacy began when Count Hary Kessler met Elisabeth Forster-Nietzsche.
Theology became flesh and blood in the sacred street theater of medieval England.
By James Williford
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Supremely Contentious
The Transformation of “Advice and Consent”
Who Was Westbrook Pegler?
The original right-wing takedown artist
By David Witwer
The Strange Politics of Gertrude Stein
Was the den mother of modernism a fascist?
By Barbara Will
Friends of Rousseau
Some of the people he has influenced don't even realize it.
By Leo Damrosch
John Muir, Nature's Witness
The founder of the Sierra Club worshiped the outdoor world.
