Bruce Chadwick lectures on history and film at Rutgers University in New Jersey. He also teaches writing at New Jersey City University. He holds his PhD from Rutgers and was a former editor for the ...

Mr. Fleming is a former president of the Society of American Historians. This is the latest in a series of articles, "Channelling George Washington." “When we look at their records at Harvard College, ...

By universalizing their own economic history, Western observers have used the past to portray African economic culture as ...

Mr. Herman is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at Central Washington University. He is currently a research fellow at the Clements Center at SMU. I write in pique. I have been ...

Stephen Pyne is an emeritus professor at Arizona State University. His most recent book is Five Suns: A Fire History of Mexico. Photo of 1908 fire in New Hampshire. The 1908 fires ranged along the U.S ...

In a January 6, 1941 State of the Union address to Congress, President Franklin Roosevelt spelled out American war aims as the nation entered the Second World War. The address is often referred to as ...

Following is a list of articles and press releases appearing on HNN that concern bias in the teaching and writing of history. Articles are listed in reverse chronological order.

The Israeli historian Benny Morris did it again. Morris is not only a historian with impressive achievements but also an Israeli and international icon. One year after the publication of his book The ...

In May 2003 the American Historical Association decided to abandon the investigation of "professional misconduct in the practice of history." "Instead of adjudicating a small number of confidential ...

A Nightmare Tale of Ruthless Accusers, A Misused 'Plagiarism Machine,' An Orwellian Star Chamber, an Unscrupulous Verdict, and Hopeless Confusion About Definitions A recent Saturday edition of the New ...