A new future for the Chagos is approaching. On April 1st a British government spokesman said that Britain was finalising a ...

Parliament passed the Stamp Act, the first internal tax on the American colonies, and thus began a decade of missteps by the ...

At mid-month, the royal governor of Massachusetts, a military man, planned to confiscate the gunpowder and weapons rumored to ...

Donald Trump has an ulterior motive for enacting his controversial tariff policy, but there is a way that opponents can fight ...

WHAT happened last week in Greenland? Four political parties announced a coalition government spanning most of the political spectrum and united ...

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

There were Black soldiers fighting for the British. But others went to war for the colonists — who compared their own plight ...

It was much more than a war. The shot that launched the American Revolution was “heard ’round the world,” not because of ...

That means that two things are true: The West has almost started World War III. And the reason it has not - not yet, at least ...

Essex Village is the postcard-perfect center with its Main Street and harbor views. This is where you’ll find the highest concentration of historic homes, shops, and restaurants, all within easy ...

A rare glimpse into American history has been unearthed: a never-before-seen British military outpost has surfaced on the ...

As part of Vietnam Remembrance Day and in celebration of troops coming home 50 years ago from the Vietnam War, a special ...