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Despite writing history, the author of "Master Slave Husband Wife" reads mostly novels for pleasure.

Trump’s recent celebration of the failed insurrection on January 6 shows the extent to which MAGA stands for an elaborate myth in which he can never be defeated.

The truth of how Elihu Yale made his fortune had been largely forgotten - until now.

The truth of how Elihu Yale made his fortune had been largely forgotten - until now.

Jill Lepore writes on the consequential Fourteenth Amendment ruling to keep Donald Trump on the ballot, and applies its logic to other constitutional cases on issues such as abortion rights and guns.

John Donatich, the longtime director of Yale University Press, has announced that he will retire on June 30, 2025.

Published on Friday, Feb. 16, with the Yale and Slavery Research Project, Blight’s narrative history sheds light on Yale’s historical entanglement with the practice of racial slavery.

“You need a language with which to express things, which at a certain age you felt you could do yourself, and gradually, somehow, it’s like switching from The task of the historian is how to choose facts from the past which create a faithful and just narrative of events

Alongside the release of history professor David Blight’s book on “Yale and Slavery: A History” on Friday, the University formally apologized for the role slavery played in the institution and its early leaders’ lives. In response, Yale has announced a set of actions, some of which were first announced in the previous two years, to acknowledge the school’s ties to the institution of slavery.

Until recent years, not many people knew of Frederick Douglass’ many visits to Terre Haute and his role in desegregating a downtown hotel.