There can be no "compromise" with the false view of America's past from Trumpists and pop historians alike.

Meredith Hindley's new book tells of the wartime refugee route that inspired a classic.

John Merriman's new book tells the story of a violent gang in nineteenth-century Paris.

A new biography of the 18th president manages to avoid the pitfalls of what has become a highly lucrative genre.

David Armitage's book tracks changing definitions of civil war, from Ancient Rome to the American Civil War to now.

Elisabeth Rosenthal's new book 'An American Sickness' traces the effects of profit in American health care.

Watergate experts are in high demand these days—and torn about it.

The prestige that psychoanalysis gained in the midcentury was also its downfall.

The state of our teeth reveals—and reinforces—economic disadvantage in society.

A new book looks at the triumphs and challenges of the renegade housing movement.

They're in great demand by the media. But will many Americans even believe what they’re saying, or accuse them of partisan bias?

An interview with historian Michael Kazin.

New York’s oldest museum is safeguarding the Post-it protests against the president. But what good is history in an era that disdains it?

Throughout history, junk psychology has served to reduce the powerful to human size.

From terrorism to populism, today's sweeping unrest has its roots in brutal competition.

Denying the poor, huddled masses entry into the country has formed the basis of federal immigration acts since their inception.

Sheila Rowbotham's biography of six men and women who changed history.