Books on America’s founding that blend erudition with diversion.

CRF Publishing LLC's newly released book series connects pivotal American historical events to today's political discourse.

A complex understanding of the past is vital to understanding what’s happening in the United States today. But many of us often don’t get the historical background we need in school. For example, to ...

One of the quiet pleasures of writing about Arkansas books is seeing how differently writers approach the problem of memory. Some lean on photographs, some on documents, some on the stubborn freight ...

This past summer's uproar over "Try That in a Small Town," a song by country music star Jason Aldean, is over—but with the school year underway, the controversy over the song remains an instructive ...

Elon Musk donated $1 million through the Musk Foundation to support digital archaeological research into ancient Rome — a ...

So much about the world is broken right now. The planet is boiling, inequality is skyrocketing, and government gridlock is more darkly comic than ever. The Hollywood industrial complex regurgitates ...

After years of work and a community effort gathering photos and historical facts, the Paducah Ambassadors have announced the ...

It is well-documented that U.S. history textbooks have provided a limited picture of the role race and ethnicity play in the American past and present. Figuring out how to remedy that, though, has ...

The horror of slavery was barely mentioned in the history textbooks read by Baby Boomers. Public domain photo of slaves in Georgia via Wikimedia Commons As numerous new histories center racial ...