If the actor could choose in which era of human history, and particularly of the USA, he would like to have lived, he is ...

This episode compresses the history of the United States into 45 seconds using Google Earth, tracing the nation’s expansion ...

These proposals sought to change the United States' name, abolish the presidency and the vice presidency, and set a limit on ...

Walden became the foundational text for the aesthetic strand of the American environmental movement. Its emphasis on nature’s ...

As the 250th anniversary of America’s independence approaches, the president is moving to put his stamp on how the nation’s story is told, in Washington and beyond. By Jennifer Schuessler President ...

The federal government shutdown is more than three weeks long, now the second-longest in US history. What is the longest on record? What to know ...