Two months after the war ended, Confederate soldiers destroyed a fleet of Yankee ships, which were harvesting bowhead whales ...

Civil War surgeons learned fast. Here are a few of the MacGyver-like medical solutions that have had a lasting impact.

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A major flash point came when Union soldiers entered Hotel De Afrique and “attacked the defenseless occupants with knives and ...

The second world war marked a turning point in the history of childhood. To train young people to build peace, authorities ...

The International Context, a new digital archive that demonstrates the far-reaching involvement of European nations in the ...

The little-known Civil War Battle of Greenleaf Prairie took place on June 16, 1863, near present-day Braggs and extended to ...

Since taking office about three weeks ago, Donald Trump has issued a blizzard of 200+ executive orders. Among them are two ...

Economic inequality has grown to the level where it drives American society's contemporary centrifugal tendency. The ...

That could too easily turn into a political loyalty test, with the politicization of an impartial, politically neutral civil ...

When Rodriguez has an upcoming appointment with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, sometimes his daughter’s grades slip. ...

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court over investigations of Israel.