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

This film is suffering from vinegar syndrome. The film "Section Sixteen" explores the history of education in America, beginning with the early settlers who prioritized survival over learning.

Does history repeat itself? Or does it rhyme? WBUR literature writer Katherine Ouellette recommends eight books that remind ...

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St. Patrick’s Day offers an annual reminder that, in terms of ancestry, no US state is quite as Irish as New Hampshire — not even Massachusetts.

Liberals still haven't awakened from the dream of American unity — but the Puritans and their followers knew better ...

Maryland is the most recent state to introduce legislation to exonerate those convicted of witchcraft centuries ago. But why now? By Alexander Nazaryan It was February 1698, and disease was ...

Daniel Woolf is professor of history at Queen’s University where he also served as principal and vice-chancellor from 2009 to 2019. Consider the following situation: Two countries share a border ...

It's a time of the year when green has nothing to do with envy. You'll see green beer (lots of green beer), green shirts, green ties, green dresses, maybe green eggs and corned beef with cabbage.

Sara Georgini is series editor for The Papers of John Adams, part of the Adams Papers editorial project at the Massachusetts Historical Society. She is the author of Household Gods: The Religious ...

Therefore, it is high time that the UK Government fully understand this legal position at least now and restrain from interfering with the sovereignty, freedom and independence of this country as if ...

Massachusetts residents are becoming less religious, a study from Pew Research Center released in late February reveals. In ...