A recent episode of the Apathy Is Not an Option podcast unpacks what the past tells us about our attempts to build an ...

The Peshtigo Fire, the deadliest wildfire in U.S. history, tore through northeast Wisconsin 155 years ago Thursday, Oct. 8.

Re “Trump’s Politics Are Changing How History and Civics Are Taught” (news article, Nov. 7): As the historian John Hope Franklin once observed, “The writing of history reflects the interests, ...

Explore films, interviews, articles, image galleries and more for an in-depth look at notable female figures in American history.

On October 13, 1775, America’s Continental Congress passed a resolution to establish the present-day U.S. Navy with a “swift sailing vessel, to carry ten carriage guns and a proportionable number of ...

Some of the most expensive natural disasters have occurred in the last few years. Several factors contribute to this recent rise in destruction. Populations grow and expand into more dangerous areas, ...

The United States federal government shut down at 12:01am East Coast time (04:01 GMT) on Wednesday after Congress failed to pass a new spending bill, forcing operations considered inessential to close ...