The US president's Gaza 'Riviera' plan revives the various missionary efforts of 19th century American Protestants to colonise Palestine ...

The 19th century term describes the perceived right of Americans to use force or the threat of force to wrest desireable land ...

Donald Trump is waging war on the civil service in the name of efficiency. But Washington created the modern civil service to ...

For the briefest of moments, a silence fell over the pews of New Orleans’ famed St. Louis Cathedral, as the chapel filled ...

The oystermen knew Sandy Ground was a safe haven for them to have the freedom to work, learn and worship where it would not ...

Instead of compelling Canada to become an American state, the 1890 McKinley Tariff drove Canada into British hands.

The Strasburg Railroad, founded in 1832, remains one of America’s most iconic steam train experiences. This scenic rail journey winds through Pennsylvania’s Amish countryside, providing an immersive ...

A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball celebrates Black History Month with stories of Black baseball pioneers.

While historical tensions have been acknowledged, a shared solidarity and activism highlighted the relationship between ...

There may be no beverage more deeply intertwined with American culture than soda pop. But the oldest soft drink brand in the U.S. might not be who you expect.

Nineteenth-century activists revolutionized attitudes toward nonhuman animals amid cultural, economic, and moral shifts in a rapidly changing nation.

At 88, historian David Levering Lewis, a biographer of W.E.B. DuBois, has filled in gaps in his knowledge of his own family line, and he takes readers along on the journey.