All maps are influenced by the intent and biases of their creator—even those that are striving to be as accurate as possible.

But even though I have a hard time envisioning these historic events occurring in my hometown as it is today, sometimes when ...

A conversation with Greg Grandin about his groundbreaking new book America, América: A New History of the New World.

It was a place few expected to be fighting in when war broke out in 1939. It was a conflict Hitler never wanted. It was a ...

The Navy’s first port calls to Libya in more than five decades this week, to Tripoli and Benghazi, likely are intended to send a clear message to Russia and China about U.S. resolve across the ...

For the first time ever, step beyond the ring and into the WWE writer's room, where the drama is just as intense offstage as ...

An American preacher who was taken hostage by armed men while preaching a sermon in a South African township last week has been rescued in a fierce gun battle ... in South Africa’s Eastern ...