A long-term study of the world's largest known community of chimpanzees has documented a rare event: what the researchers ...

The prison on Alcatraz Island wasn't called 'The Rock' for nothing. (National Park Service) When I teach the Civil War, I frequently encounter surprised faces when students learn that California, so ...

Khomeini’s revolution was followed quickly by an Iranian student faction’s seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran (the “nest of spies” they called it) and Jimmy Carter’s inability to negotiate the ...

Ireichō is a book containing the names of 125,284 individuals of Japanese ancestry incarcerated without due process during World War II. Survivors like my father place a Japanese hanko, or stamp, ...

Follow in the footsteps of early settlers while learning about the history of the region and enjoying modern culture in ...

The panels are among thousands of exhibits and artifacts inside the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and the adjoining Museum ...

Delve into Nicholas Lemann's latest book "Returning" as he explores his family's history, identity and the complexities of ...

Discover timeless war shows that hold up decades later, offering gripping stories and messages that remain relevant, from ...

In 1861, a long-growing tension in the United States finally reached a breaking point. It wasn’t a sudden explosion of ...

Ulysses Grant, the leading Union general of the Civil War, was instrumental to victories in the Battles of Chattanooga before ...

Lansing will honor Michigan’s sole African American Civil War regiment on April 11. Mayor Andy Schor will proclaim the day ...

OL's former shooting editor Jack O'Connor dives into the role of Remington and Winchester in American history.