These efforts show how working locally to grapple with the complexity of land-based reparations is a necessary and feasible ...

At mid-month, the royal governor of Massachusetts, a military man, planned to confiscate the gunpowder and weapons rumored to ...

Shortly after taking command of the Continental Army in July 1775, General George Washington ordered an accounting of the ...

Ted Widmer, a consulting editor for this special issue of Globe Ideas, is the author of “Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days ...

Jane Kamensky is the president and CEO of Monticello and the author of “A Revolution in Color: The World of John Singleton ...

How a disagreement with a Scottish lord over westward expansion, a cache of gunpowder, and the future of enslaved labor ...

After celebrating the 10th anniversary of his debut album Dream Your Life Away on tour last year, Vance Joy has announced a run of North American appearances for 2025 — including a few Canadian ...

For most of us, colonial America is a time period vaguely remembered from history lessons in school as children. Important figures such as George Washington and Benjamin Franklin stand out, as well as ...

PITTSFIELD — Less than a week after President Donald Trump's first second-term address to Congress, speakers at a rally inside the Colonial Theatre evoked another ... The event, “No Kings in America!

Cases of measles, a highly infectious disease that is particularly dangerous to children, have been reported in 12 U.S. states since the beginning of 2025, according to the Centers for Disease ...

The order could result in the felling of millions of trees in the U.S. America's forests have undergone ... dramatically due to human activity. A map published by Earth System Science Data shows ...