The burial ground helps tell the story of Manayunk and Roxborough before and after they became part of the city.

Are Donald Trump’s threats against Panama and Greenland serious or just grandiose bluster? As an historian, I take their ...

When J D Harris (1833–84) began studying medicine in 1863, there were few African American doctors whose paths he could follow. The first university-trained African American physician, James McCune ...

The purchase of Greenland and the annexation of Canada are rooted in the 19th century concept of manifest destiny. Trump ...

Including a bare-knuckle Victorian saga from the creator of Peaky Blinders and a romantic-horror starring Anya Taylor-Joy.

From the Titanic to today’s record-breaking mega-liners, this ranking explores the largest passenger ships in history, from ...

Scientists unearthed evidence of cannibalistic rituals among ancient European hunter-gatherers in Poland, dating back 18,000 ...

The longest railroad in the world, Russia's Trans-Siberian Railway has connected the country east to west for over 100 years, ...

Joseph J. Thorndike examines how tariff policy in the 19th century slowed the introduction of the modern income tax.

President, JD Vance’s comments this week on democracy ring nicely to the ear of some, but are off key on the musical score of ...

A great deal of the answer to the question of the rapid 19th and 20th century technological acceleration has to do with the ...

In a series of inflammatory statements, US President Donald Trump has proposed a ‘radical reimagining’ of Gaza — one that involves forcibly relocating its Palestinian population and transforming the ...