Current Events that Relate to History

A film on Michael Jackson sidesteps abuse allegations, revealing how fame, race, and nostalgia shape what society remembers—or chooses to forget.

On MOCA and the Brick’s “MONUMENTS,” featuring Kara Walker and others, on Confederate monuments, public memory, and the afterlife of the Lost Cause.

In the 1940s, the unraveling of colonialism offered hope to Puerto Ricans demanding independence. But the archipelago was of military importance to the US.

The political, economic, and social impact of women gaining the ability to plan when to have children.

The TVA had more than its share of problems: paternalism towards the South, anti-Black racism, and indifference to environmental consequences.

Voting, a right not initially enshrined in the Constitution, has been secured, revoked, and contested since the nation's founding era.