By the numbers, the US today is an extremely wealth country, as former Sen. Pat Toomey, a Republican, explained on Fox ...

When Christianity became state-sponsored under leaders such as Constantine and Theodosius, governments systematically ...

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Richard White, the historian and author of "The Republic for Which It Stands," explains what made the late 19th century ...

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Notes: In this essay, James Kences recounts the explorations of the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano (1485 to 1528), ...

As the British pushed deeper into North America, they ended up giving Indians concessions that colonists would not tolerate.

Ted Widmer, a consulting editor for this special issue of Globe Ideas, is the author of “Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days ...