Between the 15th and 20th centuries, just 10 European countries colonized nearly the whole world. Colonization brought ...

A Jacksonville teen who aspires to be a history professor or public servant wrote a book to help middle schoolers know U.S.

Philbrick, a leading historian, winner of the National Book Award and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, talked about the pivotal role New Jersey and the middle colonies played in the Revolutionary ...

including middle and high school, joined efforts to raise money for the Central Valley Honor Flight. “Our song we did was ...

Our planet is getting hotter at an alarming rate. Climate change is one of the most serious global issues today. Its ...

As National Geographic reimagines its iconic headquarters for the 21st century, here’s a look back at its history as a base for both Cold War spies and the Society’s own Explorers.

The Bandra West assembly seat in Mumbai, once a Congress bastion, is now a political battleground between BJP's Ashish Shelar and Congress' Asif Zakaria. Issues like basic amenities, housing shortages ...

Many have expressed surprise at the emerging alliance of Beijing, Moscow and Tehran, which are three starkly different regimes. Do they have anything in common apart from authoritarianism? It is all ...

It’s difficult to conjure a Pennsylvanian in the mind’s eye, to extract a cultural essence. Pennsylvania is a cipher. It is not appreciably part of a region — not the ...

At the end of July, shortly after Kamala Harris became the Democratic candidate for President, The Economist described her ...

Happy Friday! On this date in 1765, the Stamp Act imposed by the British went into effect in the American colonies, requiring ...

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