History Matters makes the strongest case for the enduring value of teaching, learning, and writing about those who came before us.

The late Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough told an audience in 2012 that writing history was like working on a detective case. "And once on the case, you want to know more and more and ...

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Sometimes the title of a book says it all. And that’s the case with a just-released collection of essays by the late, great David McCullough: “History Matters.” In the book’s first two sentences, ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) joined C-SPAN’s Washington Journal on Thursday morning and took questions from callers, some of whom raked him over the coals for the ongoing government shutdown. “Hi, I ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Thursday said the onus for the looming lapse in military pay falls squarely on Democrats for their refusal to support a GOP spending package. In a rare C-SPAN ...

Earlier in his career, Sam Feist ran a news program called “Crossfire” that tried to capture viewership by having liberals and conservatives bicker with one another. Now he hopes to achieve similar ...

Next year, America will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a semiquincentennial to be marked by festivities and public reflections aimed at paying ...

Two new history books make a strong case for why learning about the past is critical to understanding the world today. First, History Matters is a posthumous collection of writings by American ...

Dorie McCullough Lawson and historian Jon Meacham discuss 'History Matters,' a new posthumous collection of essays by David McCullough. Hegseth announces Qatar will build air force facility at U.S.

The late Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough told an audience in 2012 that writing history was like working on a detective case. “And once on the case, you want to know more and more and ...

David McCullough is one of our country’s most decorated historians, winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, two National Book Awards, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Over the course of his distinguished ...