In 1776, a 24-year-old Quaker woman named Jemima Wilkinson died of fever, and came back to life as a prophet known as the Publick Universal Friend.

A distinctly American restlessness is inspiring some to abandon the idea of a permanent home, while others are displaced by harsh realities.

The AP dropped hyphens from expressions of heritage such as "Asian American." Some scholars are asking, with or without hyphens, aren't we all "American"?

Well-researched stories from WBUR, Public Books, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.

Eco-tourism can be a boon—or an ecosystem destroyer.

Franklin was the 14th state of America. If you haven't heard of it, that's because it only lasted for four years.

James McNeill Whistler created the famous "Peacock Room" for a wealthy patron. But the patron never actually wanted it.

The way Americans metabolized the global threat of nuclear war has had lasting effects on how we think about our newest global threat: climate change.

The cities of Dresden and Hamburg saw their green spaces decimated by WWII, but each city grew back its trees in a very different way.

Solar and wind power are great renewable options, but to store the energy that's produced, we're going to to need bigger batteries.