A series of musical animations, chronicling diverse experiences of how race has helped shape American culture. These shorts provide insight into the unique lived experiences of historical figures who ...

Slavery was neither central to America’s founding nor the primary source of the country’s subsequent prosperity. Yet both ...

PolitiFact team members, including Managing Editor Katie Sanders, Executive Director Aaron Sharockman and Deputy Editors Rebecca Catalanello and Miriam Valverde, will lead interviews and join United ...

The story of America’s discovery is often simplified to Christopher Columbus sailing the ocean blue in 1492. However, the true history is far more intricate, layered with forgotten explorers, ...

The New English Canaan by Thomas Morton criticized the Puritan government in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Illustration by Emily Lankiewicz The American Library Association reports that 2022 saw more ...

Embark on your next great learning adventure with Smithsonian Associates Lauren Lyons In preparation for the summer road trip season, historian Allen Pietrobon joins Smithsonian Associates on April 28 ...

For every Internet commenter who enters online arguments about the USA with facts they got from their b**t, there's a map that presents hard data bare and allows the viewers to make their own ...

The stumping and stomping of the 2024 presidential election are here. Amid the rallies, debates and rhetoric, voters are trying to discern truth. The Poynter Institute and PolitiFact, its Pulitzer ...