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Jon Fasman, our senior culture correspondent, on the Boston Massacre, and how it changed relations between the colonists and Britain forever Read More

From plantations to political rhetoric, the term's evolution shows how a violent past can fade into metaphor, sometimes obscuring its true... Read More

Interfering in Latin American affairs is Washington’s bread and butter. Read More

Claudette Colvin’s bold stand comes into focus during Black History Month, highlighting young activists who helped shape the fight for... Read More

For years, UK politician Jeremy Thorpe's affair was a secret – but when his former lover Norman Scott blurted out the truth, an astounding... Read More

On three individuals who had wildly different impressions of the United States with world-changing consequences Read More

The realities of a not-so-golden age Read More

What history reveals about authoritarianism’s animating force. Read More

Three global superpowers were destroyed in the last five centuries, and analysts suggest the US is deep inside the pattern. The US is moving... Read More

There is an enduring obsession with understanding the body and mind of Henry VIII, but how sound are medical diagnoses past and present... Read More

The battle-ax was developed in A.D. 500. The first version, the francisca, was named after Frankish warriors who used them against the Romans. Read More

The real heartbeat of Troy is a story that history has long forgotten. Read More

The finding, along iwth the discover of a 500,000-year-old hammer made of bone, indicates that our human ancestors were making tools even... Read More

Introducing students to different versions of the Declaration of Independence may encourage deeper knowledge of its contents and encourage... Read More

The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More

Forget guns and generals — the real victor of the Revolution had wings. This week on America in Pursuit the story of how a deadly swarm... Read More

In 1945, General Vasily Petrenko freed prisoners at the Nazi death camp Read More

In the mid-1800s, before the Civil War, Thomas White fled his enslavement in Maryland for freedom. It was a risky escape, one that involved a... Read More

Pop culture has not been kind to the Neanderthal. In books, movies and even TV commercials, the species is portrayed as rough and mindless, a... Read More

Depending on how it’s told, a story a quarter of a millennium old can still feel fresh. Read More

How did a charismatic but impoverished British woman become the leader of the progressive religious sect known as "the Shakers" in... Read More

Emily Brontë’s sole novel shocked readers—and still does. Read More

A leading historian examines how the monarchy not only tolerated slavery but also administered it, profited from it and sanctioned its... Read More

Minnesota has a robust history of protest going back to the 1890s, and the pivotal moments the twin cities played in labour and civil rights... Read More

There’s no question that Gloria J. Browne-Marshall's 'A Protest History of the United States' is both catalogue and inspiration to stand up... Read More

By using violence and repression, Iran's theocratic regime has managed to cling to power and overcome several anti-government movements in... Read More

A chronological look at how the United States expanded its territory through treaties, wars and purchases, from independence to the mid-20th... Read More

The Philadelphia is the country’s oldest surviving intact warship, according to the Smithsonian Institution Read More

Howard woke up around midnight in a hospital in Cherbourg, France. He was among the lucky ones. On that Christmas Eve in 1944, a German... Read More

In 1968, the Battle of Hue City came in the midst of the most audacious operation of the entire Vietnam War: the Tet Offensive. Read More

Live TV and Cold War politics collided at the Winter Games. Read More

The realities of a not-so-golden age Read More

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, it’s timely to reflect on how the liberation of the camps was reported at the time – and how... Read More

British servicemen overseas bought sex, sometimes in brothels run by the British army. In the 1970s they began to talk about it. Read More

In ancient Athens, women had no life outside the home unless they were prostitutes or were engaged in religious activities... Read More

While excavating clay cylinders in Syria, archaeologists discovered a rare find: an early writing system. The script has given scholars the... Read More

The story of the Shakespeares was one of social advancement, says Stanley Wells, reflected in dwellings that rose from rural farmstead to... Read More

The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More