U.S. History

“The Great River” by Boyce Upholt traces the history of humans’ relationship with the Mississippi and what engineering over centuries has created.

New Philadelphia, a small Pike County, Illinois, town rich in history, is making headlines nearly 200 years after it was founded. It made a name for itself in 1836 when it became the first town legally registered and platted by a formerly enslaved person. Recently, the town site became the nation’s 424th national park.

Washington University Sociology professor David Cunningham shares what we can learn about right-wing, white nationalist groups today — and best practices for defeating them — by studying their mobilization during other moments in our nation's history.

As the U.S. population grows more ethnically diverse, many historians and educators are becoming more aware of changing demographics and are keen on…