Views staff writer Mark Butler argues that Trump’s covert authorization in Venezuela risks escalating into another costly ...

This costly conflict spanned generations—and its brutal legacy endures. But why did the bloodshed go on for so long?

When Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered the cancellation of any official observance of “cultural awareness” months in the military service, I immediately wondered what it would mean for the ...

A new United States Postal Service stamp set, Figures of the American Revolution, highlights several key figures with ties to ...

No historian should be able to answer the question on good history without a degree of trepidation, ambivalence, and ...

Discover the significant world events, notable birthdays, and notable deaths that occurred on November 4. Check what happened ...

Only a handful of Vietnam War movies have won Best Picture at the Oscars, including Platoon and The Deer Hunter, but which is ...

When Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered the cancellation of any official observance of “cultural awareness” months in the military service, I immediately wondered what it would ...

Next July marks 250 years since a handful of upstart American colonies declared independence from Britain. A war was fought, as we all know, and almost immediately after it was over, Richard Bell ...

America's history of 'policing' in Latin America has led to revolutions, coups and killings — and now Trump is continuing the ...

Nations are, as the Anglo-Irish historian Benedict Anderson put it, “imagined communities”; they only exist because we ...

Next week, California voters will go to the polls to decide whether the state should authorize mid-decade redistricting to counter gerrymandering in Republican states and keep Democrats competitive in ...