When he says that America should be "great," that includes being a great power. But Trump thinks the U.S. should be a great power in the 19th century sense of the term. This means the U.S. should ...

The earliest known, full-length opera composed by a Black American, “Morgiane,” will premiere this week in Washington, DC, ...

Across furniture, silver, folk and outsider art, manuscripts, painting and more, Christie’s specialists give us an insider look at important objects of American history on offer this January.

In other words, to understand Trump is to recognize that he wants to bring a 19th-century foreign policy into the 21st century. Immediate and instant access to the full searchable library of tens ...

Yes. Though the Utah War has been called “bloodless,” in reality, Mormon militiamen in southern Utah perpetrated a horrific ...

In 19th-century Britain and North America, women were regarded as the ‘weaker sex’. Their ability to bear children gave rise to a feminine ideal based on marriage and motherhood, while their ...