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2025

Stories Published in this Year

The Comic Revolution | Winter 2025 (Volume: 70, Issue: 1)

Before Saturday Night Live, there was "Your Show of Shows."

What does history tell us about presidents who have tried to push the limits of the system?

Thirty years later, an Oklahoma native reflects on one of the deadliest domestic terrorist attacks in American history. 

Carter's diplomatic legacy has endured well, though he often struggled to project a convincing aura of strength and accomplishment in office.

Carter's Energy Crisis | Winter 2025 (Volume: 70, Issue: 1)

The presidency of Jimmy Carter was both shaped and bracketed by energy.

Ruby Bridges Goes to School | Winter 2025 (Volume: 70, Issue: 1)

Sixty-five years ago, Ruby Bridges became the first Black child in the South to attend an all-white elementary school.

Favorite Articles of 2024 | Winter 2025 (Volume: 70, Issue: 1)

Here are the top 20 most popular essays in American Heritage last year, as ranked by our readers.

As president, Dwight D. Eisenhower took a moderate position on many issues, believing that “good judgment seeks balance and progress.”

Although numerous studies show a failure in the teaching of our history and values of democracy, there are models to rebuild the civic bargains by which democracy survives.

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