Old European maps once labeled vast regions of Central Asia as “Tartary,” a loose geographic term that has fueled modern speculation about a forgotten global empire. Some online communities argue that ...

I recently interviewed Jarvis R. Givens, a professor of education and African and African American studies at Harvard University. His new book, I’ll Make Me a World: The 100-Year Journey of Black ...

Throughout his career, historian Carter G. Woodson, AB’1908, AM’1908, worked to change how Americans thought about Black history. The University of Chicago alum began that mission when, in February ...

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Can you name the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the earth? Or which ancient queen married two of her brothers? How about this one: Do you know the artist who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

RESTORING TRUTH IN AMERICAN HISTORY: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order restoring truth and sanity to American history by revitalizing key cultural institutions and reversing ...

Today, I am very honored to recognize February 2025 as National Black History Month. Every year, National Black History Month is an occasion to celebrate the contributions of so many black American ...

This second entry in an occasional series from Roy Peter Clark, who witnessed the Poynter Institute’s founding, explores its history in honor of its 50th anniversary. Although Nelson Poynter had a ...

The US election season, already weird, is getting even stranger: A bizarre architectural conspiracy theory has entered the political discourse. Adherents of the "Tartarian" theory posit that a ...

We speak with Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley, author of the new book Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future, which examines the global rise of authoritarianism ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. How exactly do you look for a civilization that never existed? Usually, civilizations leave behind something: art, artifacts, oral ...