What did the Civil War do to railroading? The changes were rapid, profound, lasting, and formed the real basis of truly ...

Building upon the legacy of Stalinist falsifications of the history of the Second World War, the Putin regime falsely ...

Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America.

A rain delay played an essential role in The Battle of Jackson, which was fought 162 years ago today in Jackson, Mississippi, ...

Vermont historians have their eyes on a historic painting up for auction this weekend, and the possible chance to bring it home to the Green Mountains.

The identities of Yellow Ribbon activists who live in Russian-occupied territory have been withheld for security reasons.

An article by Raymond S. Solomon about the Spanish Revolution of 1936. Originally appeared in the Industrial Worker (May 2014 ...

Pittsburgh author Edda Fields-Black won the Pulitzer Prize this week for “Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, ...

Ahead of the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes, here’s the origin story of the second jewel in horse racing’s Triple ...