When Mexican-American fieldworkers' strikes didn't net results, César Chávez led the Ventura County Community Service Organization in alternate tactics.

Richard Nixon's voters had a lot in common with Trump's, especially in their idealization of the self-sufficient, independent American businessperson.

With new calls for universal single-payer health insurance, President Harry Truman's derailed plan of 1945 is getting renewed attention.

The historical significance of state fairs

While Father Junípero Serra may earn posthumous canonization this fall, his statue in D.C. may be getting the boot.

Botany didn’t just intrigue and entertain Sara Plummer Lemmon—it deeply affected her personal life.

The movie version of Cheryl Strayed’s searing memoir “Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail,” starring ...