Richard White, the historian and author of "The Republic for Which It Stands," explains what made the late 19th century ...

The president believes it’s necessary to destroy the village in order to save it. Because it worked so well in Vietnam!

Ted Widmer, a consulting editor for this special issue of Globe Ideas, is the author of “Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days ...

Born from the trauma of World War II, this bow-wearing cartoon icon became a powerful tool for diplomacy, reinvention, and ...

Economics professor offers a historical perspective and current context on import tariffs after Trump announced a new ...

Lots of people get credit for inventing the gooey campfire treat. But a woman named Cookie—yes, Cookie—made it into a ...

The Trump administration’s current use of 19th-century tools to solve 20th-century problems threatens to take America back to ...

The museum tells a less familiar story about the history of public housing. “It was a decent, lovely place to live,” a former ...

The US Naval Academy has returned photos and memorabilia of Jewish women after they were “mistakenly removed” to apparently ...

From "Forrest Gump" to Harriet Tubman and American history, the star of this American Cruise Lines coastal itinerary is ...

Trump’s two terms are proof that the benefits of globalization are not universally shared. Many of the swing states Trump won ...