Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III has co-curated “American Aspirations” as the Smithsonian faces federal pressure. “Nobody has told us what to do,” he said, “and to be honest, I won’t let anybody tell us ...

It’s a year to the day since Trump’s executive order on American history. It’s just as idiotic and offensive now as it was then.

David Blight in conversation with Kevin Roberts, President of the Heritage Foundation. As president of the Organization of American Historians last year, I promised I would reach out to the Heritage...

Higher education and student affairs programs can benefit from learning the history of higher education.

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The lack of response to the killing of Renee Nicole Good is shameful.

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF WAR               THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET SUBJECT:       Use of

Professional historians say the department’s plan is part of the Trump administration’s broader attempt to create an Orwellian “truth ministry” and omit the more troubling aspects of the nation’s past...

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Today marks the 163rd anniversary of Antietam. Those who say they’re ready for civil war should stop and think about what happened there.

How is Trump changing our sense of who we are? We asked eminent Yale historian David W. Blight to round up some colleagues to consider the question. Here’s what they had to say.

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Many AHA members have expressed alarm about a post on the National Archives website regarding restricted access to Archives II in College Park, Maryland. In a message on X (formerly Twitter), which we...

Combat? That's actually not what we want our armed forces to do.

For 60 years, Boston’s Museum of African American History has transported people to the past, letting visitors to a 200-year-old meeting house see where abolitionists like Frederick Douglass spoke and...

Trump’s campaign against higher ed relies on the idea that antisemitism and anti-Zionist discrimination violates federal civil-rights law. That’s not always true, two professors say.

AHA executive director James Grossman will appear on CNN on Friday, May 23 at 7:45 p.m. ET as part of a segment on the NEH and humanities funding.

Lawsuit aims to reinstate NEH grant programs, divisions, and staff. For Immediate Release / May 1, 2025 (New York, NY) — The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), the American Historical Assoc...

James Grossman's final column as AHA executive director.

AHA executive director James Grossman was interviewed on KNX News as part of its coverage of the 2025 presidential inauguration. Grossman discussed President Trump’s declaration that he would rename t

Commentary from the heads of two prominent historical associations on Trump’s recent executive order on “radical indoctrination” in schools.

Executive director James Grossman revisits the AHA's response to the "1776 Report."

As President Donald Trump moves to overhaul the federal government with astonishing speed, he has wreaked havoc on one agency long known for its nonpartisanship and revered for its mission: the Nation...

The Smithsonian Institution, a vast complex of research centers, museums and galleries, is the latest culture target of President Trump's executive orders.

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Executive director James Grossman revisits the AHA's response to the "1776 Report."

Support K–12 History Education in Oklahoma WHAT? Participate in the public review of new 2024 draft Oklahoma Standards for Social Studies. WHEN? Public comments will be accepted through Tuesday, Janua...

Executive director James Grossman revisits the AHA's response to the "1776 Report."