The Arkansas General Society War of 1812 recently held its triannual meeting in Conway to review its accomplishments and plan activities for 2025.

When Maureen Long talks to the public about her work, she likes to ask her audience to close their eyes and think of a landscape with incredible geology. She hears a lot of the same suggestions: ...

Richard White, the historian and author of "The Republic for Which It Stands," explains what made the late 19th century ...

Lavoisier had assumed control of France’s national gunpowder production. Considered the founder of the Chemical Revolution, ...

Before that, voters elected delegates who chose party nominees at political conventions where sectional interests and ...

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

Jane Kamensky is the president and CEO of Monticello and the author of “A Revolution in Color: The World of John Singleton ...

Forecasters are warning of potentially deadly flash flooding and strong tornadoes as more rounds of thunderstorms are poised ...

The House of Representatives chamber has been the site of some of history’s greatest strides for the freedom to vote. It’s ...

Now governments and communities across the US are redistributing land and wealth, from Evanston, Illinois, to Athens, Georgia ...

The notion of a friendly U.S.–Canada merger invites reflection since both countries are economically interlocked and ...

The village where Abraham Lincoln came of age is deteriorating. Lincoln lived in New Salem, Illinois, as a young man from ...