The first recorded translation of the U.S. anthem, into German, was done by schoolteacher, choir director and future New ...

It's crucial today to acknowledge that for 249 years thousands of Americans have fought to protect the ideas of the American ...

The author is not the first scholar to tackle the history of America—as in the American continent, not just the United States (which keeps trying to hoard the name for itself). The British historian ...

The celebration of the Declaration of Independence's semiquincentennial is a chance to broaden the historical narrative to ...

On the pages of National Review and, after 1966, on Firing Line, Buckley pioneered the do-your-own-research rhetorical style: ...

At a Pride parade in Half Moon Bay, Calif., a few days ago, my daughter bought a pink T-shirt with a hand-printed design. As ...

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Michael Shaikh about his new book "The Last Sweet Bite," which explores the effects of violence on cuisines in conflict zones.

A divided school board in western Colorado debated Columbus and Black Lives Matter as they considered a new fourth grade social studies curriculum.

Parents and country are the closest sources of our existence,’ says Aquinas, ‘and everyone is indebted first of all under God ...

If I believed, coming out of the starting gate, that my only hope of living anything resembling a virtuous life is to ...

The singer has turned his current tour into a warning about democratic decline in the United States. EL PAÍS reviews his career and political commitment ...

The World Meteorological Organization maintains a list of 21 hurricane names for each year. In especially busy years, a ...