To see what the first Thanksgiving was like you have to go to: Texas. Texans claim the first Thanksgiving in America actually took place in little San Elizario, a community near El Paso, in 1598 -- ...

Every college world history textbook discusses the early 15th c. CE Chinese naval expeditions, commissioned by the Ming Emperor Zhu Di and commanded by the legendary admiral Zheng He, that sailed as ...

Paul Doolan is Head of History at Zurich International School. You can contact him at [email protected]. Just a thirty minute drive from the Dutch city of Groningen is the former concentration camp ...

I covered the 1989 fight over George H.W. Bush's secretary of defense nominee. It feels awfully familiar.

The so-called “culture wars,” though maddeningly difficult to define, have begun to set previously complacent Americans against one another in unexpected ways and to challenge some of the basic goals ...

This interview was conducted by Robin Lindley for Real Change, a Seattle newspaper. Mr. Lindley, an attorney, is a contributing writer for HNN. He is a past chair of the World Peace through Law ...

Fran Shor is a professor in the Interdisciplinary Studies Program at Wayne State University. In the past few months there have been a rash of media reports on the Carlyle Group, a private equity ...

Editor's Note: The publication of James Bamford's Body of Secrets has sparked a vigorous debate among historians concerning the attack on the USS Liberty. Following are excerpts from one recent debate ...

Mr. Spivak is an attorney in New York, and received a Master's in History from Brooklyn College. His Master's thesis explored the history of the recall. Even though 26 states authorize the recall in ...

A Nightmare Tale of Ruthless Accusers, A Misused 'Plagiarism Machine,' An Orwellian Star Chamber, an Unscrupulous Verdict, and Hopeless Confusion About Definitions A recent Saturday edition of the New ...

David T. Beito as an associate professor of history at the University of Alabama and Linda Royster Beito is chair of the Department of Social Sciences at Stillman College. They are writing a biography ...

This page lists articles about the teaching of history, focusing in particular on studies which demonstrate the historical ignorance of Americans. Seniors know less than freshmen, new survey indicates ...