H ow long has gerrymandering been a part of U.S. politics? Consider that the man who gave the strategy its name wasn’t some conniving Lee Atwater-style operative from the 1970s—he was a signer of the ...

Test your American history knowledge with this quiz covering key events and figures, from the Declaration of Independence to ...

Historian Greg Grandin's new book shows how the Western Hemisphere, not Europe, can explain America’s role in the world ...

A 250-year-old discovery in the heart of Philadelphia is revealing a food staple that also helped pave the city's streets.

In 1776, Philadelphia’s population of about 35,000 consumed millions of oysters a year. The colonial city was riddled with taverns and street vendors who sold oysters on the half shell. Residents ...

Efforts to honor the president and Massachusetts native with a memorial in Washington have faltered before. This time, ...

The United States has battled currency crises since our nation’s birth, but has consistently innovated solutions along the way.

More than a dozen displays at Independence National Historical Park that share historical information about slavery during ...

Climate change is exacerbating extreme heat waves across the country, burdening families, putting Americans’ health at risk, ...

Four-hundred-and-six years ago, on a sweltering Virginia day, English settlers gathered in a modest wooden church in Jamestown to form the first ...

Tyler Stephens has left Fierce Government Relations after a decade with the firm to launch his own public affairs and ...

Chaplains from across the U.S. Army gathered at Arlington National Cemetery’s Chaplains Hill to commemorate the 250th ...