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WASHINGTON—President-elect Joe Biden is set to be sworn in on Jan. 20 amid unparalleled security measures and the pandemic lockdown, making it one of the most untraditional inaugurations in U.S. ...

Pompeii is famed for plaster-cast bodies, ruins, frescoes, and the rare snapshot it provides of a rather typical ...

News analysis Around this time last year, Chinese authorities acknowledged that an “unknown” form of pneumonia was spreading ...

Commentary Acts of violence in the form of rioting and looting have been erupting across the United States ...

I found your voice “in our own words” comforting and believe this younger generation should heed your advice ...

How would you like to spend a night or more at a hotel once frequented by Clark Gable, ...

Richard Taylor, a history professor at St. John's University (SJU) in New York, has been punished for encouraging ...

When I was a boy living in Boonville, North Carolina, population then about 600, I loved reading histories ...

Commentary This is part 17 in a series examining education in the United States. Americans educated by government ...

Growing up, history was one of my favorite school subjects. This might come as a surprise to some. ...

New York City is famous for its fashion runways. Amid the oohs and ahhs and camera flashes, men ...

A more thorough knowledge of history may actually diminish the hostility and chaos surrounding us.

A Democratic state representative from Chicago, Illinois, said history should stop being taught in the state's public schools, ...

Remember the good old days when citizens had a right to their opinion? Remember freedom of expression? I ...

Looking back at America’s history, Michael Medved finds an astounding pattern of miracles. They are indicative, he says, ...

The University of California (UC) announced Michael V. Drake as the new president of the university system in ...

Months into the pandemic, uncertainty reigns. The reality is, humanity has survived epidemic disease countless times, and of ...

Commentary One of the recently vandalized monuments is a statue of poet John Greenleaf Whittier. Someone smeared “BLM” ...

Commentary JUMONVILLE, Pennsylvania—What happened here 266 years ago had repercussions so profound they changed the course of world ...

Commentary In 1922, a prominent Canadian activist wrote a book titled “The Black Candle.” Ostensibly about Canada’s drug ...

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News Analysis WASHINGTON—As nations slowly move toward reopening their economies, the pace and success of economic recovery will ...

Sipping more coffee these days? Laboring at home and traveling less, I find myself more frequently appreciating a ...

For a quarantine activity that’s both interesting and mentally enriching, check out eight museums offering virtual history tours.

Eighth-graders' scores on U.S. history and geography tests declined from 2014 to 2018 while making no progress in ...

Take the time to reconnect with your kids and understand what they’re interested in, what activities light them ...

It's 2020. Another year, another decade. As we contemplate the future, we can always look to the past ...