As the United States approaches the 250th anniversary of its founding, two works offer valuable, fresh views of the American Revolution.

The American Revolution transformed thirteen colonies into an independent nation. Fueled by political tensions, taxation disputes, and calls for liberty, the conflict reshaped world history. This ...

Out of this moment of fear and uncertainty comes the chance to imagine a democracy that has never fully existed.

Family lore has it that Irving got into some sort of heated disagreement with Cornelius, and got revenge by bestowing the Van ...

George Pólya’s random walk theorem absolved him of being a lurker and revealed how the laws of chance interact with physical ...

Handsome and dynamic, an orator with a flair for memorable rhyme, Jesse Jackson was the first Black candidate for president to attract a major following.

At an hour when Ahmad and Mohammed should have been in the classroom, the two brothers sat idle at home in the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The 10-year-old twins are part of a generation ...

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — The Dutchess County Department of History will host a free virtual Black History Month program focusing on the experiences of people of color in Dutchess County during the ...

More than a decade before he became the country’s first president, George Washington was leading a critical campaign in the early days of the American Revolution.