Exploring the circumstances of the death of Reverend William Richardson, an eighteenth-century Presbyterian minister in the Waxhaw...
Year: 2019
Research suggests people intuitively draw a distinction between what is known and what is believed. Recognizing the...
Until their great debates, Abraham Lincoln lived for a quarter-century in the shadow of Stephen A. Douglas....
When government runs amok, people have a right to rebel—Cicero honored daring individuals who helped overthrow tyrants....
Groups who opposed immigration and those attempting to help immigrants during the period from 1877 to 1925....
Jews were not welcomed everywhere in the colonies, but they established small communities. Not many Jews immigrated...
“We are a small pueblo, but we are a symbol of life. Everyone must come together to...
Life-size effigies of the saint are distributed throughout the highlands. By Dr. Kathleen McCampbellArchaeologist He sits among...
A greater focus on female activities such as food processing and weaving can provide valuable information on...
Israel has already, and repeatedly, violated most conditions of what constitute an ‘Occupation’ from an international law...
The siege of Masada, chronicled by Flavius Josephus, was one of the final events in the First...
Herodion, the palace fortress and highest peak in the Judaean Desert, is the only site that is...
The lobbying tactics developed by the U.S. tobacco industry no longer just targeted government, but expanded to...
In a single stroke, Davis and his legacy were all but buried. What was it like to...
Washington arriving in Boston on July 2, 1775, to take command of the Continental Army. / Courtesy...
“Be afraid. Be very afraid.” “Be afraid. Be very afraid.” These words could have been reasonably spoken...
Dealing in false coinage was said to undermine the king’s prerogative to issue currency, illegally reproduce his...
The origin of the idea that liberty could be preserved through the separation of powers endures through...
Greek city-states developed different forms of governance with very different political structures and strengths. The Emergence of...
How do the Russian people feel about life in general? About President Putin and their politicians? About...
One of the largest analyses to date on how fake news spread on Twitter both during and...
There are lessons to be learned from this story. In October 1924, during the general election campaign...
The British poster artist Cyril Kenneth Bird, known as Fougasse, once referred to posters as “anything stuck...
America was seen as the promised land by the oppressed and exploited masses. By Åse Elin LangelandHistorian...
Germany can look back on a long history of migration. By Dr. Vera Hanewinkel and Dr. Jochen...
A lot of what is known about pirates is not true, and a lot of what is...
Almost everything we know about Dr. Lionel Wafer comes from his own pen. He enters the historical...
There’s a hidden history of Black activists who were also college-football players. By Dave Zirin In 1966,...
The integration of collegiate and professional sports parallels the civil rights movement, but in important ways it...
How James Harris changed the NFL’s marquee role. An hour or two before kickoff on the night...