Nine in 10 Americans gather around a table to share food on Thanksgiving. At this polarizing moment, anything that promises to bring Americans together warrants our attention. But as a historian of ...

Note: An earlier version of this story first ran in November 2024. Thanksgiving is nearly here. Millions of Americans will soon celebrate by tucking in for a big meal with friends and family, by ...

The Thanksgiving story deeply rooted in America’s school curriculum frames the Pilgrims as the main characters and reduces the Wampanoag Indians to supporting roles. It also erases a monumentally sad ...

As we approach Thanksgiving celebrations in the United States, I thought that it might be interesting to discuss a few animals and plants that might have been included on menus of the first ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Image: ‘The First Thanksgiving, 1621,’ by Jean L. G. Ferris. Library of Congress) Nine in 10 Americans gather around a table to ...

(The Conversation) — In some ways, Thanksgiving is a tradition that unites Americans. But the classic image of the Pilgrims obscures important parts of the country’s story. (The Conversation) — Nine ...

Nine in 10 Americans gather around a table to share food on Thanksgiving. At this polarizing moment, anything that promises to bring Americans together warrants our attention. But as a historian of ...