Anne Fadiman's "Frog and Other Essays" (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) is a modest book -- 192 pages, seven essays, a slim spine ...

Black history has long been viewed as an ancillary subject rather than an essential component of American history. Black ...

Since the United States is approaching its 250th anniversary it is very important to make sure that black history plays a ...

The Best American Essays 2025 (Mariner) is an anthology of 21 nonfiction prose pieces written by North American writers in 2024 and selected in 2025. In a word, this selection is encouraging, in part ...

The Bluffton History Shindig awarded scholarships to three local students for their winning essays during the Feb. 28 event in Bluffton ...

Essays on monuments takes us through distant vistas and past worlds, monolithic structures and forgotten ideas.

The Lawrence County Historical and Genealogical Society announced the 2026 student essay contest winners, who will be honored ...

An AI system will score essays and written answers on the new NJSLA exams given across New Jersey, but the state's largest teachers union has concerns.

Carroll County held its district level History Day competition and History Expo in partnership with the Historical Society of ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Colleen Shogan, former Archivist of the U.S., about an initiative to "debrief America" in its 250th year with essays by prominent Americans, starting with George W. Bush.

History and social studies classrooms run on stories, primary sources, and the ability to think critically about both. AI tools are starting to change how teachers bring all three into their lessons, ...

The Lies of the Artists is a clever title for a book with the subtitle Essays on Italian Art, 1450-1750, but it seems to promise, as suggested on the book’s back cover, an exposé of the artists’ ...