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The Brasher Doubloons were the first gold coins ever struck for the United States.
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Beginning in 2010, a wave of revolutions swept the Middle East, removing rulers and establishing new regimes. Although the Arab Spring took place more…
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Suzette Grillot and Rebecca Cruise discuss the so-called "Umbrella Revolution" protests in Hong Kong , and the closing arguments in the Bosnian war crimes…
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In 1947, the Indian subcontinent gained independence from the United Kingdom and split into three states: the Muslim majority countries of East and West…
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The notebooks of British war poet Siegfried Sassoon are being published for the first time.
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The voice-activated recordings that Nixon had made between February 1971 and January 1973 are transcribed in "The Nixon Tapes."
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Many people packed into the State Department of Education board room Friday afternoon to see the unveiling of the Oklahoma Indian Education Resource…
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Overzealous railroad builders and near-constant debates over the merits of gold vs. silver led to the worst financial crisis the United States had ever…
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A little over a month before his assassination, President Abraham Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address as the Civil War drew to a close.Audience…
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Rebecca Cruise and Suzette Grillot discuss record levels of smog that are forcing the closure of schools and businesses in Northeast China, and…