As a new biography makes clear, “A People’s History of the United States” arose from a life of deep and admirable commitment, ...

When Ksenia Coffman started editing Wikipedia, she was like a tourist in Buenos Aires in the 1950s. She came to learn the tango, admire the architecture, sip maté. She didn’t know there was a Nazi ...

A group of editors are banding together to bring some lesser-known Black history figures to the forefront of our favorite online encyclopedia: Wikipedia. Throughout the month of February, the New York ...

As an independent network of nearly 300 historians aiming to build links with policymakers and the media, we have discussed the pros and cons of contributing our expertise to Wikipedia (Editorial, 6 ...

To help organise your reading for the new year, I have asked publishers about the titles they plan to release in the areas of politics, ­biography and history. For more than 10 years I have been ...