Current Events that Relate to History

In a new book, Elisa Tamarkin retraces her father’s work in Vietnam and untangles the relationship of American newspaper business to the American war machine.

How centuries of efforts to deny refuge to persecuted people paved way for authoritarianism.

Alleged sexual violence by Cesar Chavez reflects not just one leader’s failure, but a broader system of control within the UFW.

Why is a right-wing press reissuing century-old adolescent mystery novels?

After a brutal dog attack, a historian rethinks how to write about Lewis and Clark, focusing on lived pain, emotion, and the limits of understanding the past.

Tracing the many forms that environmentalism has taken in the U.S., from transcendentalism and conservationism to the 20th century push for regulation to today's climate justice movement.