A complex understanding of the past is vital to understanding what’s happening in the United States today. But many of us often don’t get the historical background we need in school. For example, to ...

Historian and activist Marvin Dunn’s job is to bring Florida’s Black history to life — whether through his Teach the Truth ...

At a time when there’s a national debate over critical race theory and how much of America’s worst moments should be taught in American schools, a new book seeks to provide some context for how ...

So much about the world is broken right now. The planet is boiling, inequality is skyrocketing, and government gridlock is more darkly comic than ever. The Hollywood industrial complex regurgitates ...

An old American History textbook inside Brighton High School in Brighton, Colo., on Feb. 21, 2019. Matthew Staver—The Washington Post via Getty Images The teaching of history has become a flashpoint ...

Textbooks stick to the approved version of events. Wars, treaties, great leaders, and turning points are all very tasteful.

For many, 2023 was a year of momentous change and loss, marked by events that will be chronicled in history books for generations to come. Longstanding tensions in the Middle East erupted when Hamas ...

It is well-documented that U.S. history textbooks have provided a limited picture of the role race and ethnicity play in the American past and present. Figuring out how to remedy that, though, has ...

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