On January 14, 1784, the Second Continental Congress ratified the decisive Treaty of Paris—the binding accord that ended the Revolutionary War, secured ...

Julie Dash's feature claimed the cinematography award at Sundance and was later added to the National Film Registry.

Warnock is typically sporting well-tailored suits with nods to Black culture and the church. He’s also known for an ...

Here's a look at how investing in Apple back in 1995 could have made you rich -- and the lessons you can learn from that ...

In 1924, Congress passed the Indian Citizenship Act, also known as the Snyder Act, which turned all noncitizen Indians born ...

In a 1951 photo, Fore Street in Portland was lined with dirty snow. Union Lunch is on the right, at 450 Fore St., and Morris ...

Readers also comment on antisemitism's rise, the ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good, an "immoral" president, expiring nuclear arts treaty and Catholic ed.

Porfirio Diaz's Plan of Tuxtepec, launched 150 years ago today, would bring Mexico a 30-year dictatorship of the sort Díaz ...

Martha Ackmann of Leverett says she has enjoyed the music of Dolly Parton for as long as she can remember.  Ackmann has fond ...

A presentation by a former keeper of America’s most precious historical documents, and a national exhibit exploring the year ...

The Trump administration proposed significant cuts to NASA, and federal employees at Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland say they've endured months of chaos. Now a beloved library is closing.

Long before Louisiana’s seafood industry became what it is today, Black men harvested oysters, shrimped and fished in the ...