“How lucky we are, how very lucky we are, to live in this great country, to be Americans — Americans all,” concludes the first chapter in History Matters, the posthumous collection of writings and ...

The Senator John Heinz History Center has acquired the archives of one of the nation’s most beloved historians, Pittsburgh native David McCullough. “There would be no Heinz History Center without ...

An Oklahoma C-SPAN caller who said he was a lifelong Democrat and voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024 declared on Friday that he was sickened by his party and plans to leave it. The ...

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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WASHINGTON — A C-SPAN caller made an emotional plea to House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Thursday to end the government shutdown, saying that “my kids could die” if she can’t afford their ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON – A string of Americans frustrated by the government shutdown called into C-SPAN on Thursday, Oct. 9, to confront House Speaker Mike Johnson. In one particularly dramatic exchange, a woman ...

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 ...

Philadelphia museums and historic sites will appear regularly on C-SPAN in the run-up to the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence next year. Each week, C-SPAN is airing ...

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 ...