The president’s CIA director, John Ratcliffe, released a report on Trump’s Russia scandal, which Ratcliffe probably should’ve ...

Figuring out the ever-changing political landscape in the United States can be challenging. This is especially the case if ...

The Untold History of the United States is a doorstop of a book, one thick with villains—and flecked with the occasional “forgotten” hero—all assembled to prove that the 20th century was a ...

During WW I, authorities incarcerated 30,000 prostitutes in an effort to curb venereal disease. Learn more about the history of quarantines.

Abortion was once simply part of life in the United States. Then, for about 100 years, it was illegal. How we got there and got to where we are now may surprise you.

Unions were also instrumental in ending child labor in the United States. They've exerted a broad influence on American life, reshaping the political, economic, and cultural fabric of the country.

At the most basic level, a mortgage is a long-term consumer loan taken for the purpose of eventually paying off the loan and owning a house and the land it sits on.

Despite all of the attention MS-13 has received recently, the Department of Justice says the Salvadoran gang has existed in the United States since the 1980s, having had multiple run-ins with the law ...

Robert Remini talked about his book [A Short History of the United States] (Harper; October 7, 2008). The historian of the United States House of Representatives presents a history of the United ...

A Brief History of the United States Postal Service To forge a nation, the founders needed an efficient communications network ...

It’s somehow appropriate that Oliver Stone has chosen a hotel just a few blocks from the Agriculture Department to talk about his new project. “Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United ...