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How Much U.S. History Do Americans Actually Know? Less Than You Think. Smithsonian Magazine asked David Bruce Smith, founder of the Grateful American Foundation, how we can fix this problem.

Expressing Outrage over Attacks on Cultural Heritage of Iraq, General Assembly Unanimously Adopts Resolution Calling for Urgent Action The General Assembly called for the preservation of the cultural heritage of Iraq by protecting cultural and religious properties and sites consistent with international humanitarian law.

Isis Palmyra demolition has begun with ancient God Lion statue destroyed The process of obliterating the horde of ancient statues has already begun. It commenced almost as soon as the militants seized control of their quarry.

Moving Photographs of Japanese American Internees, Then and Now "We were citizens, but now we were not."

Ice cream cone named after Adolf Hitler on sale in India sparks anger in Germany A lack of Holocaust education on the sub-continent means that the brand is not offensive there

A One-of-a-Kind Trove Reveals What 19th-Century American Boyhood Was Really Like The archive is a unique artifact of 19th-century ordinary American kids (not the children of the wealthy).

St. Louis University moves controversial statue after protests St. Louis University has moved a controversial sculpture from outside a residence hall to inside a museum in response to criticism from faculty and students who say the work reinforces the idea of white supremacy.

UNC Renames Building That Honored Ku Klux Klan Leader The board of trustees said the school made a mistake in 1920 when it named the building, citing the KKK leader's membership in the Klan as a qualification.

A Wartime Bomb, Unearthed in Germany, Recalls Darker Days Seven decades after the end of World War II, the threat of aerial bombs still disrupts life in Germany with surprising regularity.

Climate of Change: The Catholic Church's Dance With Science From Galileo to genetics, the Roman Catholic Church has danced with science, sometimes in a high-tension tango but more often in a supportive waltz. Pope Francis is about to introduce a new twist: global warming.

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Robert S. Wistrich, Scholar of Anti-Semitism, Dies at 70 Robert S. Wistrich, who devoted his four-decade scholarly career to dissecting anti-Semitism, died in Rome.

NYT hosts debate including Eric Foner: How Americans should remember Reconstruction "Reconstruction poses a challenge to Americans’ historical understanding because we prefer stories with happy endings."

William Leuchtenburg says historians and the media have been too hard on Obama “The criticism I am hearing is much too harsh. Particularly, I think in the editorial pages of The Washington Post that much of the criticism has been extraordinarily severe and unjustified.”

Hugh Ambrose, historian who helped develop WWII Museum, dead at 48 Ambrose served as a consultant for the 10-part World War II HBO production “The Pacific” and wrote The New York Times best-selling companion book to the miniseries.

Historian discounts claim that Churchill and other British PM's were gay Dominick Sandbrook says a biographer's claims are specious.

Nick Bunker Wins $50,000 2015 George Washington Book Prize The prize for the best writing on early American history is for Bunker’s "An Empire on the Edge: How Britain Came to Fight America" (Knopf).

Niall Ferguson Vs. Robert Skidelsky The economics historian Niall Ferguson says Robert Skidelsky, biographer of Keynes, was wrong about the British economy and should admit it.

Historians gloss over too many unpalatable truths, Antony Beevor says Historians are too reliant on official accounts and have missed controversial facts about American and British troops in the First and Second World War, Antony Beevor says.

Historian shares his own experience with mental illness Ohio State University professor Gleb Tsipursky decided to be honest despite negative stereotypes.