Historians around the state are revisiting the nation's origin story with fresh eyes, centering on communities that have ...

After initially denying responsibility for last month's death of a United Nations staff worker in central Gaza, Israel's ...

Haiti’s history is one of remarkable contributions to the ideals of liberty and justice, yet its legacy is often ignored or forgotten, particularly in the context of its vital role in the American ...

Mourners began filing past the open coffin of the late Pope Francis inside St. Peter's Basilica on Wednesday as a three-day ...

Tony Gilroy and Diego Luna bring the bleakest and best Star Wars story (and it isn't close) to an extraordinary end.

Chris Anderson was leafing through various books in Allegheny College’s archival collection when he came across a long “lost” artifact. “I was planning an event and I was looking randomly through some ...

American Revolution Experience is part of a multiyear, nationwide tour that focuses on a variety of firsthand perspectives.

The battles, which emerged from a gathering revolutionary crisis, predicted the outcome of the war: the victory of the ...

On April 17, 1825, Charles X, brother to Louis XVIII and the new French king, performed a sudden about-face. Charles X issued ...

The BBC's Katty Kay speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Rick Atkinson as America marks 250 years since ...

But we all know that people’s behavior doesn’t always line up with their stated preferences. Most of the people who tune into cable news aren’t watching C-SPAN. And oceans of social science data have ...

This Saturday, April 19, marks 250 years since the start of the Revolutionary War in Massachusetts. Here's how it started.