David Waldstreicher

What is living and what is dead in our memory of the American Revolution.

The acclaimed historian, who died at the age of 92 this week, spent decades at the center of a debate about the founding of the United States.

1619 Project reignited debate over slavery’s origins, exposing tensions between continuity vs change in U.S. history and competing “origin stories.”

What happens when radical historians write for the public.

The Florida governor’s long-ignored 2011 work, "Dreams From Our Founding Fathers," reveals a distinct vision of American history.

Historian Gerald Horne has developed a grand theory of U.S. history as a series of devastating backlashes to progress—right down to the present day.

Like the 1619 Project, two new books on the Constitution reflect a vigorous debate about what has changed in the American past—and what hasn’t.

Critics of the New York Times’s 1619 Project obscure a longstanding debate among historians over whether the American Revolution was a proslavery revolt.

The question is which vision of America it’s being used to advance.

The sixth president, long derided as a hapless elitist, is suddenly relevant again 250 years after his birth.

A look back at the historian's work suggests that contemporary radicals may be all too invested in the myth of American consensus.