Students at Johns Hopkins University debated political decisions playing out in the U.S. Their emotional discussions reveal ...

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Honoree Fanonne Jeffers about her new book Misbehaving at the Crossroads: Essays & Writings.

The Democratic governor said the legislature “wants to distract us by stoking culture wars that further divide us.” ...

The very presence of international students on university campuses is a political matter that depends on a measure of good ...

The author is not the first scholar to tackle the history of America—as in the American continent, not just the United States (which keeps trying to hoard the name for itself). The British historian ...

Ryan Knutson, host of The Journal, speaks with travel expert and author Rick Steves about traveling in 2025 and Americans’ reception outside our country after the recent shakeup in the world order.

Frank Bruni, a contributing Opinion writer, hosted a written online conversation with Times columnist Ross Douthat and Larry ...

With the cancellation of grants to Harvard University, the revocation of visas for foreign students, and the withdrawal of research funding, the Trump administration is moving forward with its ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Mississippi State Board of Education voted to eliminate the statewide U.S. History assessment as a graduation requirement in Mississippi on June 19, 2025. The ruling is set ...

The only book that's "required reading right now" is Sarah Vine's memoir of "politics in the Cameron era" – though "it's just as much social and personal" as political.

MISSISSIPPI. - The State Board of Education (SBE) is eliminating the U.S. History statewide assessment as a graduation requirement. This will be in effect beginning in the 2025-2026 school year.

U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker recently co-authored an editorial advocating against removing the U.S. history state test with board member Mary Werner, who voted against the decision at the meeting. “Our ...