Today’s immigration policies echo an anti-immigration movement from the 1990s in California.

First responders who survived 9/11 don’t want the day to be forgotten. For teachers: This video is part of a collection of resources including four short films, each accompanied by a lesson plan and student activity.

Today’s special education system was shaped five decades ago, when parents fought for disabled children’s right to learn.

The 1918 flu pandemic helped to usher in the Hollywood studio system. Could Covid-19 transform the industry?

The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted racial disparities with roots in the past.

An eviction moratorium has slowed filings in cities like Richmond, but it hasn’t stopped them, and Black tenants are at highest risk.

Today’s heated political arguments over censorship and misinformation online are rooted in a 26-word snippet of a law that created the Internet as we know it.

Like cigarette manufacturers decades ago, e-cigarette makers have pitched their products as fun and safe. But nobody knows what the risks are.

President Trump has called on supporters, including law enforcement officers, to monitor election sites. Voter intimidation tactics have a long history.

High-stakes debates put candidates in the hot seat. But are they helpful to voters?

Anger over policing and inequality boiled over in 1967 in protests and violence across the United States. A landmark report warned that without major changes, it would happen again.

The Equal Rights Amendment, proposed nearly 100 years ago, sparked debate from its very beginning, even among many of the women who had worked together for suffrage.

COVID-19 attacks the lungs. Past research shows that smoking and vaping may amplify the coronavirus.

Dr. Larry Brilliant, who helped eradicate smallpox, says past epidemics can teach us to fight coronavirus.

Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden are the icons of an ideological split among today’s Democrats, echoing a similar split in the Republican party of 1964.

Coronavirus has public health officials scrambling to put quarantines into effect. The 2014 Ebola outbreak may have some lessons.

Oscar night, long a showcase for Hollywood glamour, has also become a platform for film stars to pitch a rainbow of political causes.

Political memes are being deployed to share opinions, similar to how editorial cartoons were used in the past – but with one important difference.

Breaking with party unity can be costly. In the 1950’s, Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine faced backlash after she condemned Joseph McCarthy, a fellow Republican.

A whistleblower case from 2010 reveals the peril faced by whistleblowers seeking to expose wrongdoing.

As self-driving cars move closer to becoming a reality on our streets and highways, can engineers create software able to predict human behavior and keep pedestrians safe?