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Is knowledge a useful remedy for ignorance?

Making the case for historical literacy in government.

The Battle of the Springs of Cresson marked the beginning of the end for the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on 28 May 1830, forcing the migration of five Native American nations from their homelands.

Which person in history would I most like to have met? Karl Marx. You’d have to know the right questions to ask, though.

Almost three quarters of the golden age of Hollywood has been lost. Preservation only began when film came to be seen as art.

The death of Joseph Stalin’s son Yakov Dzhugashvili in a German concentration camp 80 years ago was kept a secret for decades.

Hawai‘i’s Mauna Kea is among the best places in the world to study the universe, but the construction of a new super telescope is about more than astronomy.

A valedictory column provides a chance to reflect on a decade grappling with what history is and how it should be written.