The push for universal public education across the United States began in the midst of the Civil War — on the Union-occupied ...

As Rabbi Yusuf Hamra and his son Henry were visiting Damascus this week for the first ...

Caroliner, Jackson’s father, later moved from South Carolina to Louisiana. It is not certain how Caroliner gained his freedom ...

A bomb dropped on December 25, 1969, during the Civil War, destroyed the bridge linking the roads on the Imo River.

The Historic New Orleans Collection (HNOC) and the New Orleans Public Library REACH Center (NOPL) will present “A New Door ...

A new op-ed from a pair of conservative legal experts only raises unflattering questions about the direction of the right's ...

Washington’s Birthday has been largely forgotten as a distinct celebration, but its commemoration in Civil War-era Cambridge ...

Even though they blame it for plunging the country into war, the Lebanese are turning to Hezbollah, whose resources remain ...

Frances Thompson’s testimony in 1866 came at a critical time, as the nation weighed whether to expand equal constitutional ...

Hale's son-in-law became the first Black physician in Alabama. Thompson plans to write a biography about Hale and continues ...

For many Americans, Donald Trump’s head-spinning array of executive orders in the early days of his second term look like an ...

Syria’s future depends on a historic undertaking: facilitating the return of Syrian refugees to their homes in a country ...