The culture war in education that began in response to the protests that followed the murder of George Floyd in 2020 has had a chilling effect on how race is discussed in classrooms. The Center for ...

When it comes to learning about Black history, students today are tuning in to TikTok for lessons not learned in the classroom. Well-versed on the basic facts about prominent figures such as Martin ...

S+B: Historians have, well, historically been content to leave current events to journalists. But you spend a lot of time writing, teaching, and thinking about what is happening now. How do you ...

With inflation a meaningful economic factor after a decades-long hiatus in many countries, households need no tutorial on its impact on their day-to-day spending, as budgets are stretched thin by ...

For years, bands of educators have been trying to free history instruction from the mire of memorization and propel it instead with the kinds of inquiry that drive historians themselves. Now, the ...

I often start a new class by asking why we should study history. I don’t allow the cliché “History repeats itself,” without specific examples. The history of epidemics provides some: racist ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. The resurgence of inflation in the United States has roused political concern and stirred the Federal Reserve to pivot from patience to ...