On May 20, 1875, delegates from a group of 17 countries gathered in Paris to sign what may be the most overlooked yet ...

The Newburgh Gorhams were originally formed in New York City in 1886 by Ambrose Davis and Phillip Snipper, and moved to ...

A conversation with Greg Grandin about his groundbreaking new book America, América: A New History of the New World.

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DURHAM, N.C. – Two Duke faculty are among nearly 250 leaders from academia, the arts, industry, policy, research and science ...

If I had to choose the most sensible plan for settling the American West that was foolishly discarded by politicians with the power to make it so, I’d go with John Wesley Powell’s scheme to arrange ...

Jerry Freeman travelled around 100 miles to get to the place known as 'Area 51', an air base that has long sparked whispers ...

H ave you ever noticed that systems of measurement tends to change when you leave the United States? Weight is typically ...

All maps are influenced by the intent and biases of their creator—even those that are striving to be as accurate as possible.

For the Americans, the Filipino war was fought in the name of civilizing and uplifting the Filipino people. It was a time ...

In a letter to the United Nations Security Council, Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN, Amir-Saeid ...

Elon Musk wasn’t the first to shape the national conversation. Joshua Norton, a San Francisco cult figure, was.