Institutions around the country are preparing for the nation’s 250th anniversary, even in the face of political crosswinds.

That same philosophy drives his newest project, The American Revolution, a sweeping six-part, 12-hour documentary that ...

The Battle of Hampton was small as battles go, but it involved big issues, such as the status of enslaved workers in Virginia.

Economic booms sparked by capitalism can lead to inequality and then political upheaval. Democracy and capitalism, however, ...

The Dorchester Heritage Center is offering visitors an up-close look at South Carolina’s role in the American Revolution with ...

In one of his stand-up sets, comedian David Cross rejects all political commentary that tries to answer the question, “What ...

Sending Redcoats to American cities worked in the short term. But over time, it alienated even the colonists most loyal to ...

The Founders were inspired—and threatened—by the independence and self-governance of nations like the Iroquois Confederacy.

We are now at a point in our nation’s history where the federal government is purposefully erasing the struggles and triumphs of minorities and of women.

Paine, though enamored of the new American style of magazine making, resigned his post after less than a year because the ...