Annie Polland argues that studying our humble roots teaches us what really makes American history exceptional.

Discover how the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum’s 2025 interns explored women’s history through hands-on research, public programming, and digital projects across the Smithsonian.

The American dream is dead, people tell pollsters: "A new Wall Street Journal-NORC poll finds that the share of people who say they have a good chance of improving their standard of living fell to 25% ...

In 1889, a San Francisco tavern called the Palais Royale debuted a hot new attraction: a modified Edison phonograph that, when a customer inserted a nickel, played music from a single wax cylinder.

This article appeared in History of War magazine issue 151. On 2 September 1945, Japanese forces officially surrendered to the Republic of China, ending the brutal occupation which began in 1937.

Chef Diane Moua at Diane's Place, her restaurant in Minneapolis. It was named the 2025 Restaurant of the Year by Food & Wine magazine.

WASHINGTON, DC: MAGA influencers are promoting an AI-generated Vanity Fair cover depicting First Lady Melania Trump as “The American Queen,” despite its creator admitting it was fake. The image has ...

The National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., documents and memorializes the more than 4400 victims of racial lynching's that occurred in the United States from 1877 to 1950. The ...