Trump Made the Citizenship Test Harder. What if Every American Had to Take It?

We should not demand ever more knowledge of newcomers and ever less of our current citizens.

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In Search of the Simpsonville Massacre

In 1865, two dozen Union soldiers, all formerly enslaved, were ambushed and killed along a road in Kentucky. Archaeologists are still searching for their remains.

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Enslaved Potter’s Art, Displayed at Boston Museum, Returns to Heirs at Last

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, said David Drake, the artist, had been “deprived of his creations involuntarily and without compensation.”

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Book Review: ‘The Great Contradiction,’ by Joseph J. Ellis

In “The Great Contradiction,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian looks at the way the founders wrestled with the fate of human bondage.

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Newsom Rejects Reparations Bills in Latest Sign of Racial Justice Shift

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California vetoed bills that would have provided tangible benefits to descendants of slavery, though he approved a state agency to determine who qualifies for potential reparations.

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Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told

The founder of the Equal Justice Initiative says it would be “dishonorable” to remain silent in the face of President Trump’s efforts.

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Kerry James Marshall on Making ‘the Paintings Nobody Else Is Making’

The artist’s blockbuster survey across nearly five decades at the Royal Academy of Art in London tackles Black history in all its complexity.

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Nikole Hannah-Jones Knows Why History Feels Dangerous

“We really do believe in our own mythology,” the creator of The 1619 Project says, as she watches the widespread effort to remove uncomfortable narratives about who we are.

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National Parks to Remove Some Materials on Slavery and Tribes

The Trump administration ordered a Civil War-era war image removed from a National Park site in Georgia as it moves to promote what it considers a more positive view of American history.

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Trump vs. Truth: The Fight for America’s History

Jeffrey Toobin talks with Bryan Stevenson about surviving the politics of fear in 2025.

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