Current Events that Relate to History

Jean Strouse explores the relationship between the Anglo-Jewish Wertheimers and John Singer Sargent, who painted twelve portraits of them.

The success of Reagan reflects the market demands of a more fragmented moviegoing public—and reality.

Democrats have often described Latinos as decisive when they support liberal candidates and inconsequential when they don’t.

How fifty years of barcode magic came to be.

History can make the U.S. better prepared for the specter of protracted large-scale ground combat, which has grown more real in the wake of the ongoing war in Ukraine.

In the 1970s, trucker films like "Smokey and the Bandit" celebrated rebellious, working-class solidarity and freedom, with complex politics at play.

This exhibit meditates on the theme of blame, exploring who has been deemed responsible for what throughout the course of American history.