Eight years after deadliest antisemitic attack in US history, Tree of Life rabbi bids farewell

Rabbi Jeffrey Myers is retiring from the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh, which he led through the aftermath of the ...
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This 1863 massacre was the deadliest slaughter of Native Americans in US history. Now, the Shoshone are restoring the site of the attack

The Bear River Massacre, which took place in a valley in what is now southeast Idaho on January 29, 1863, is often described ...
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Understanding and Teaching Religion in US History

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10 books to help you understand America as its 250th birthday approaches

With the nation's big 2-5-0 coming up next year, NPR staff and critics recommended a lot of U.S.-focused titles for Books We Love, our annual year-end reading guide. Below you'll find 10 favorites — ...
PBS

A look at what's behind the efforts to reshape how American history is taught

In the last decade, at least 20 states have passed laws or policies that restrict how history can be taught in schools. Since taking office, President Trump has pushed further with executive orders ...
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I Teach U.S. History at Harvard. Here’s What Donald Trump Gets Wrong About Our Past

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Teaching History in the Trump Era

Re “Trump’s Politics Are Changing How History and Civics Are Taught” (news article, Nov. 7): As the historian John Hope Franklin once observed, “The writing of history reflects the interests, ...