John Oliver on Taking Down Confederate Monuments (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Oct 9, 2017 The "Last Week Tonight" host argues that removing the racist symbols is a way to come to terms with American history. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Crossword Puzzle Tests Your Knowledge of U.S. Speeches

Staff / Truthdig Sep 15, 2017 U.S. history has produced some memorable words over the years. Can you identify the speakers in these classic clips? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The American Museum of Racist A**holes (Video)

Mark Fiore / Truthdig Aug 24, 2017 With Confederate monuments being taken down, covered up or destroyed, it’s time to decide what to do with these statues. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Oliver Stone Questions Why Congress Voted to Sanction Russia (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Aug 8, 2017 "Depressing" is the director's word for a House action against Russia's alleged election meddling. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Oliver Stone: School Boards ‘Decide to Miseducate’ Kids (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Aug 7, 2017 The director says children are more interested in the "horror film" version of the truth than what is taught as history. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘The Birth of a Nation’ and ‘13th’ School Their Viewers on America’s Racial Legacy

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Oct 7, 2016 Directors Ava DuVernay and Nate Parker make searingly urgent cases that America’s legacy of slavery and systemic racism is not at all just a relic of the past. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Poof! It’s Forgotten: The Snapchat Version of American Victory

By Peter Van Buren / TomDispatch May 16, 2016 I hope you'll forgive me if I suggest that the Iraq-Syria War against Islamic State is being conveyed to us via Snapchat Important things happen, they appear in front of us, and then POOF! They're gone. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Samantha Bee on Racist, Sexist, Historically Ignorant Responses to Harriet Tubman on the $20 Bill

Staff / Truthdig Apr 26, 2016 Placing one of the most important black women in American history on the 20 dollar bill hasn't been so popular among some conservatives, the "Full Frontal" host explains. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Top Seven Ways Harriet Tubman Is the Most Badass Spy and Warrior Ever to Grace U.S. Currency

Juan Cole / Truthdig Apr 24, 2016 Despite getting several years of American history while we're in school, most of us probably have only a foggy idea of who the woman chosen to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill was. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Republican Party May Not Be Headed Toward the Demise Many Surmise

Staff / Truthdig Apr 14, 2016 History shows that the GOP will probably survive Donald Trump; Ted Cruz once supported a ban on dildos; meanwhile, a New York Daily News writer argues vehemently against his paper's endorsement of Hillary Clinton. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

VIDEO: John Oliver Welcomes Students Back to School by Telling Them All the Things They Won’t Learn

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Sep 7, 2015 HBO's "Last Week Tonight" is on hiatus, but that hasn't stopped John Oliver from releasing two funny Web exclusives that focus on history and education. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Facial Hair, Patriotism and the Enemy in American History

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jun 5, 2014 Here are good mustaches and beards and bad mustaches and beards as imagined in American popular culture and war propaganda, as a way of contextualizing today’s hero-worship of the backwoods conservatives of "Duck Dynasty" and villainization of the backwoods conservatives of the Taliban. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )