While leaders in the U.S., U.K., and France spout nationalist rhetoric, Angela Merkel has emphasized core democratic values in response to the coronavirus.

The United States has a long history of nationalizing in times of crisis. Bernie Sanders’s publicly owned clean power proposal is actually pretty tame.

Jet fuel isn't taxed on international trips. Maybe it's time to change that, seeing as the rule was decided in 1944.

What can the United States learn from Germany’s efforts to reckon with the Holocaust?

Two new books tell the stories of people kidnapped and sold into slavery. One of them sued successfully.

Why veneration of Oliver Wendell Holmes is in decline

Who wrote women out of Civil War history?

The alt-right and other fanatics of the ancient civilization are distorting history. Sparta can teach us how to rethink liberal democracy.

"The Nickel Boys" frees voices imprisoned in a forgotten past.

William Eddy was one of several devout Christians in the oil business who helped build a pivotal alliance in U.S. Middle East policy.

In an environment thick with conspiracy, we thrill to stories of truth versus evil. But at what cost?

A new book about the medieval holy wars exposes a crisis in the field of history.

Having only a hazy idea of what, exactly, fascism consists of makes it hard to explain why fascist rhetoric needs to be excluded from public discourse.

High defense costs are one of the surest ways to hasten a great power's decline.

Expertise matters. But lane-policing is counterproductive.

Saidiya Hartman’s book evokes the longings of black women once labeled “wayward.”

How cults feed on American ideals, aspirations, and hypocrisies.

Civilization creates. Civilization endures destruction. Civilization builds again.

Francesca Trivellato’s book on the history of credit debunks a bigoted cliché.

For over a century, the United States has played a role in inspiring and enabling white supremacy in Australia and New Zealand.