Ted Widmer, a consulting editor for this special issue of Globe Ideas, is the author of “Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days ...

In his latest book, journalist and historian Clay Risen explores how the House Un-American Activities Committee and Senator ...

As Americans scrutinize the accidental leak of a high-level U.S. group chat, several books detail other mishaps in the annals ...

Through their collective achievements, these extraordinary women created lasting foundations for social justice, equality, ...

President Trump signed an executive order titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History”. It aims at eliminating ...

The "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History" order removes "divisive, race-centered ideology" from Smithsonian ...

The fight for American independence needed more than colonial arms. Britain’s diplomatic isolation proved a powerful weapon ...

He arrived in America with the Puritans in 1624 and helped co-found the settlement of Merrymount, which is now Quincy, ...

The New York Historical honor goes to Randall K. Wilson, whose “A Place Called Yellowstone” chronicles a landscape “capable of bridging ideological divides.” By Jennifer Schuessler Randall K.

A boy arranges freshly made clay drinking pots to dry at a workshop in Gaza City in 2008. (Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images) Review by Maggie Lange Acquiring knowledge is one of the great pleasures of ...

Martha S. Jones’ new memoir draws on genealogical research and memories shared by relatives Sara Georgini Historian, Massachusetts Historical Society Historian Martha S. Jones (bottom left ...