Why didn’t the United States annex Canada during earlier historical periods? In short, because it didn’t want to. President ...

Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election this spring will decide just one seat, but the contest already is shaping up as one of the ...

On his first day back in office, he signed an order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. Denali, the indigenous ...

Utah isn’t the first place you’d expect to find world-class whiskey, but as Hannah Twiggs discovers, High West has made a name for itself by embracing the contradictions. In a state with some of the ...

Spokeo analyzed state government information and other historical sources to compile this list of stories behind every ...

The Village Voice surveys a selection of books and online resources that map out resistance to Donald Trump’s racist and authoritarian goals.

Renaming the Gulf of Mexico is an effort to rework the historical narrative about that geographic area. In good English that effort is known as post-truth.

Our journey through Iowa’s 99 counties began in January with a visit to Kossuth County in the north, which is not the only location named after Lajos Kossuth, Hungary’s freedom fighter during the ...

On the last day of January, the day before Black History Month was set to begin, newly confirmed Defense Secretary Pete ...

I was troubled during the second Trump inaugural so few observers were disturbed by the rogue’s gallery of the nation’s ...

There’s no better way to explore New England than on a road trip – the Fall foliage drapes over head, the rickety bridges of ...

Nestled in the rolling hills of northwestern Illinois, Galena is a time capsule of 19th-century charm that’ll make you wonder ...