Franklin helped to change the way we think about slavery and Reconstruction.

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The Currency Act of 1764 returned the restrictions of 1751: banning colonists from printing their own legal tender bills.

A look at the history of Kwanzaa and how it has evolved since it was founded by Maulana Ronald Karenga.

The definition of terrorism, which has been with us for a long time, is being debated domestically and internationally.

I could not bring myself to accept string theory’s claim, often presented as a scientific fact, that there are exactly 11 dimensions.

A glossary of slang used by U.S. servicemen in World War 1.

Artist James Luna uses his body as an intervention to white art-historical practices.

Mute swans are the poster child for a harmful species protected by strong public goodwill.

Meet me In St. Louis was the first film to blur the lines between a drama and a musical.