RealClearHistory January 30, 2026 Archives

RealClearHistory AM Update

How the Boston Massacre Changed the Colonists Forever

Jon Fasman Economist

What 'Banana Republic' Means — And Why the History Matters

Brenda Haas DW

The Venezuela Coup and Cuba Threats Are Old U.S. Habits

Jonathan M. Katz FP

The Teen Who Stayed in Her Bus Seat — Before Rosa Parks

Erin Blakemore NatGeo

The 1970s Sex Scandal That Led to a Dramatic Trial

Greg McKevitt BBC

First Contact with America: Culture Shock and Its Effects

Anton Cebalo Substack

The 1950s: A Not-So-Golden Age

John H. Cochrane The Coolidge Review

Grievance: Authoritarianism’s Animating Force

Benjamin Carter Hett Foreign Affairs

The 7 Stages of Imperial Collapse

Kushal Deb WION

Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII

Sophie Shorland History Today

The Unwieldy History of the Battle-Ax

William McPeak Warfare History Network

Troy: Careful Peace, Not Epic War, Shaped This City

Stephan Blum The Conversation

430,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools Are the Oldest Ever Found

Franz Lidz NYT

How to Teach the Key Documents of U.S. History

Colleen Smith LOC

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

RealClearHistory Podcasts

How a Swarm of Mosquitoes Shaped the American Revolution

Throughline NPR

Remembering the Liberation of Auschwitz

Witness History BBC

A Stunning, First-Hand Tale of Escape From Slavery

There's More to That Smithsonian

We Underestimated the Neanderthal

The Sunday Daily NYT

RealClearHistory History in the Media

See the American Revolution in a New Light in 'On This Day…1776'

Karl Vick Time

Ann Lee, the 1700s Christian Leader Who Shocked America

Anthony Frajman BBC

How ‘Wuthering Heights’ Pushed Victorian Boundaries

Betsy Golden Kellem HISTORY

The Stories of Those Enslaved by the British Crown

Brooke N. Newman Smithsonian