Congress originally passed the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 as the U.S. was poised to go to war with France. The law grants a ...

Imagine two scales. The first one is a timeline of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with its war crimes, destruction, and ...

The ‘Tom Sawyer’ and ‘Huckleberry Finn’ author had an inimitable ability to make Americans reckon with their dark history. In ...

Here’s what happened in April 1861, leading up to the firing on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, which spurred the launch of the American Civil War.

Since Israel and Hamas went to war, reporters and editors at The New York Times have closely covered the conflict. Our coverage includes the Hamas-led attack on Israel, the plight of hostages ...

Advice from an English teacher in Massachusetts for guiding teenagers to think critically but not cynically about the information they consume. This collection of interactive exercises uses Times ...

This spring will mark the Semiquincentennial — the 250th anniversary — of the events of April 19, 1775. On that day, the ...