Two 19th-century elections are a reminder that a sizable midterm shift, like the one expected in November, can signal ...
The center has fallen. As Republican Party has veered toward authoritarianism under Donald Trump, Democrats need to head in a ...
On September 8, historian Lonnie G. Bunch III announced that he was resigning as secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, a federal government-created ...
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture emerged from decades of work by members of Congress, including the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis.
History class had a limited amount of time to cover several thousand years, so naturally a few things didn’t make the ...
Scott Melker discusses the history of America's currency problems, from financing the American Revolution to the Bretton Woods system to former President Richard Nixon ending the exchange of US ...
The GOP's “Big Beautiful Bill” is rolling out in different ways across U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson’s home district — from ...
His decision to shut the House down at a moment of crisis around AI is the act of a reckless charlatan. The need for congressional oversight and regulation of AI is only growing clearer. Just this ...
Matthew Rankin’s ‘Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney’ is a hilarious, anarchic archival documentary about Canadian ...
This data aligns with Fidelity research, which notes that the S&P 500 has posted gains in the 12 months following midterm elections 95% of the time since 1938. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 has averaged a 14 ...
This Week in History: Germany is reunified and OJ walks free - Explore how major events between 28 September and 4 October ...
From the 13th to the 16th century, herring from the Sound—the strait in the Baltic Sea between Denmark and Sweden—was one of ...