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Section 1. Purpose and Policy. As I announced in Executive Order 14172 of January 20, 2025 (Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness), it is the policy of my Administration to recognize the ...

Dave Zirin traces the radical career of Howard Zinn, whose “A People’s History of the United States” has sold millions of copies. By Adam Hochschild Adam Hochschild’s most recent book is “American ...

Most historians are lucky to have readers. Zinn has fans. A People’s History made him, by the standards of historians at any rate, a celebrity. In the early 2000s, he coordinated stage performances ...

This video explores the history of the United States, detailing its journey from independence from Britain to modern times. It highlights significant events, milestones, and transformations that have ...

A pair of new books look back at the fear, anxiety and optimism that shaped the founding of the United States. By Claire Rydell Arcenas Claire Rydell Arcenas is a professor of history at the ...

Through much of the first quarter of the twenty-first century, as the United States’ popularity around the world has ebbed and flowed, the country has been able to fall back on a baseline of ...

Critics, reporters and editors who cover arts and culture spent months creating, revising and arguing over this list, as well as consulting historians, curators and other experts. July 15, 2026 Are we ...

Crime rates, air quality, healthcare access, worker protections, and civil rights laws are among factors that can hurt a state in quality of life rankings. With more states touting their quality of ...

Emily Mae Czachor is a reporter and news editor at CBSNews.com. She typically covers breaking news, extreme weather and climate. Emily Mae previously wrote for outlets like the Los Angeles Times, ...

National Geographic Explorers celebrate the greatest American treasures—mountains, forests, wetlands and canyons—from sea to shining sea. The Grand Canyon has featured in the history of America's ...

Editor's Note: Ahead of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, Pope Leo XIV penned a letter marking the historic moment. The letter, dated June 25 and released by the U.S.