At 88, historian David Levering Lewis, a biographer of W.E.B. DuBois, has filled in gaps in his knowledge of his own family line, and he takes readers along on the journey.

What happened on February 7 in world history? Here are 4 events worth remembering: See them above in our 57-second video, and below for more details! Get On This Day In History delivered straight to ...

The government is larger today than it was back then, so there was less interest on the part of the oligarchs of the day to ...

Before radar, nations relied on sound to detect incoming aircraft. Devices such as acoustic horns were developed during the ...

The UN had plans to build a city that would serve as its headquarters and the world's capital. A World War II Scituate spy base was key.

One of the main focuses of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s battle for our civil rights was to end the economic disparity between ...

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The Euro is the second-most traded currency in the world and the official currency for 19 European countries. While it was worth less than the US Dollar upon its introduction in 2000, it soon became ...

In his inaugural address on Monday, Trump said McKinley, a Republican who was president from 1897 to 1901, "made our country very rich through tariffs and through talent - he was a natural businessman ...

Trump’s “America First” philosophy is often described as a return to the kind of isolationism that prevailed between the two world wars. But that’s not quite accurate. He wants to stride the global ...

Trump also couched his threat of tariffs and tighter sanctions in words of "love" for the Russian people and highlighted his respect for Soviet losses in World War Two – a near-sacred topic for ...

Project 1897 is combined with Project 2025 ... to dominate America as no other president has since the second world war. Politics is in his favour. As America has become more partisan, passing ...