Near the start of each school year, many U.S. schools wrestle with how to teach about 9/11 – the deadliest foreign attack ever on American soil. In interviews I conducted recently in the Washington, D.C.,…
Modern buildings tend to take electricity and air conditioning for granted. They often have glass facades and windows that can’t be opened. And when the power goes out for days in the middle of a…
Since the onset of Israel’s deadly assault on Gaza and the West Bank after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack, debates have arisen among historians and media pundits about Martin Luther King Jr.’s stance on…
It was 8:15 on a Monday morning, Aug. 6, 1945. World War II was raging in Japan and across Europe. An American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first atomic bomb over Hiroshima, Japan – an…