Aug 25 Watch 13:40 Why America is wrestling with Confederate monuments By PBS News Hour, Frank Carlson How should Americans remember the past and confront the deep wounds of slavery? The events of recent weeks have intensified a national conversation about Confederate monuments, with calls to remove them from public spaces. William Brangham talks to Peniel Joseph… Continue watching
Aug 22 Watch 6:46 Are the U.S. and China heading toward war? What ancient Greek history can teach us By PBS News Hour Harvard professor Graham Allison ponders the conflict between the world’s two greatest powers in his new book, "Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides' Trap?" Allison joins Margaret Warner to discuss what happens when a rising power threatens… Continue watching
Aug 16 Historians say Trump went afoul in lumping Robert E. Lee with founding fathers By Associated Press Is it really so far-fetched to put Robert E. Lee in the same category as George Washington, as President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday? Many historians say yes. Continue reading
Aug 08 How the massive, pioneering and embattled VA health system was born By Dr. Howard Markel Over the past 96 years, the Veterans Administration -- now with over 1,700 care facilities serving more than 8.76 million veterans annually -- has experienced a roller-coaster ride of accomplishment, public opinion, resource allocation and criticism. Continue reading
Aug 01 Watch 7:29 A feast of African-American culinary contributions, baked into the South’s DNA By PBS News Hour In chef and culinary historian Michael Twitty's new book, ancestry -- both his own and that of Southern food -- is a central theme. With "The Cooking Gene: A Journey through African-American Culinary History in the Old South," Twitty addresses… Continue watching
Jul 25 Column: How I use George Washington to make kids care about ‘fake news’ By David Cutler History and journalism teacher David Cutler explains how he helps students discern fact from deception with a lesson from the Revolutionary War. Continue reading
Jun 30 This Independence Day, 5 books that explain America’s complex history By Elizabeth Flock Historian Sean Wilentz has examined the history of America through the lens of our presidents, our party politics, the working class — and even our music. This Independence Day, we asked Wilentz, a professor of American history at… Continue reading
Jun 16 Column: The only conquerors of inequality are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse By Walter Scheidel Walter Scheidel argues that economic inequality is not only inevitable, but that whenever inequality has been reduced, the reasons forcing inequality down have been nothing short of horrific. Continue reading
Jun 15 Watch 5:23 Long-silenced songs of Holocaust survivors are rediscovered By PBS News Hour When the death camps and ghettos of Europe were liberated at the end of World War II, a psychologist from Chicago visited former prisoners and recorded their interviews. Unheard for decades, a long-missing reel of songs has been rediscovered, offering… Continue watching
Feb 28 Watch 6:19 Photos show undeniable history of the civil rights movement By PBS News Hour A new photo exhibit captures a crucial period in the civil rights movement through the work of nine photographers. Special correspondent David C. Barnett of WVIZ/PBS Ideastream reports from the Maltz Museum in Cleveland. Continue watching