Basing House was a thorn in Parliament’s side. Commanding the road to London (held by the parliamentarians) the mansion hampered the city’s communications and its prosperous wool trade. It was ...

When Christianity became state-sponsored under leaders such as Constantine and Theodosius, governments systematically ...

There were Black soldiers fighting for the British. But others went to war for the colonists — who compared their own plight ...

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” starring Jimmy Stewart as a naïve senator, explores the idealism — and reality — behind the ...

Firms like Paul Weiss have hired star lawyers to expand in dealmaking. Fear of losing business has made them less willing to have a fight with the government ...

The Belleville community in Suffolk paid homage to its roots as a historical marker telling the story of William Saunders ...

Alec Baldwin says the country is in a “bad” state of political division, describing it as a “pre-Civil War environment.” “Boy ...

Strom Thurmond bragged for years about dehydrating his body to prepare for his speech opposing the Civil Rights Act. He didn’t talk about his Black daughter, though.

Ted Widmer, a consulting editor for this special issue of Globe Ideas, is the author of “Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days ...