How a public health crisis nearly derailed the American Revolution. George Washington confronted a smallpox epidemic with a belief in science—and a controversial plan.

Called "The American Story," the new permanent exhibition will guide museumgoers through two million historic documents and ...

Jacqueline Jones teaches American history at the University of Texas at Austin. Her new book, Goddess of Anarchy: The Life and Times of Lucy Parsons, American Radical (Basic Books), will be published ...

xiii, 458 pages : 24 cm "Here is an account of a past rich in beauty and creativity, but also in tragedy and trauma. Historian Nell Irvin Painter blends a vivid narrative based on the latest research ...

Usually, when we say “American slavery” or the “American slave trade,” we mean the American colonies or, later, the United States. But as we discussed in Episode 2 of Slate’s History of ...

The colonial college -- Legacy of the revolution -- The college movement -- The religious life -- The collegiate way -- Reform and reaction -- The extracurriculum -- Academic balance of power -- ...

A criminal case in Alaska involving nearly a dozen people born in American Samoa is highlighting concerns about birthright citizenship and voting by people who are not U.S. citizens, issues that have ...

21, 73 - Coco Gauff (21 years and 73 days) is the youngest American to reach back-to-back Women’s Singles semi-finals at Roland Garros since Andrea Jaeger (16 years and 354 days) in 1982. Comeback.

The yummy breakfast pastry that you just can’t wait to pop into your toaster is not on the menu in many European countries due to – you guessed it – Yellow No. 5, Yellow No. 6 and Red No. 40. While ...

Donald Trump went on a social media posting run well past midnight Wednesday, and that’s really nothing new. The president has a habit of doing that. Also, the content of his posts was really ...

In 1784, for example, the New York Assembly presented the influential pamphleteer Thomas Paine with close to 300 acres in New Rochelle, New York, where he lived out his days and was initially buried.

2008 An Individual Right. In District of Columbia v.Heller, the Supreme Court rules 5-4 that people have a right to possess firearms for self-defense, but that this right is not unlimited and certain ...