History

Grace Balogh is almost 30 years old before she found out her birthday was April 6th and not the 16th.

Here, at the beginning of the 21st century, Noah Webster is an often overlooked fixture of American culture to a modern audience.

Freelance writer Katharine Greider works hard at doing right by her subject, a one hundred and 50-year-old tenement building in New York’s Lower East Side where she and her husband, David Andrews,

To those used to the utter lack of respect given to artists in contemporary times, especially in America, the topic of Mr. Volkov’s book may seem puzzling.

Millions of words of have been dedicated to the discussion of World War II, its causes, its horrors and its aftermath.

Mortified. Dismayed.

The more I read and learn about early American history, the more resonant these two words become in relation to my own deficient education.

Jim al-Khalili holds a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the University of Surrey and is the chair of the Public Engagement in Science at the University of Surrey.

A century of endeavor by Irish missionary priests, brothers, and sisters ebbs away.

Where does folklore cross into history or religion? How do you study another culture’s stories, even their beliefs, without sounding like you are belittling them or attacking them?

What are the Northern Lights? Why might a tornado demolish one house and leave another unscathed?

The Envoy is Alex Kershaw’s testimonial to Raul Wallenberg and his campaign to save the Jews of Hungary from extermination by Nazi Germany in 1944.

When a notorious Italian assassin and his wife are found stuffed in a barrel and floating down the Thames River, Scotland Yard puts out a call to Inquiry Agent Cyrus Barker to assist them in foilin