Harriet Tubman was barely 5 feet tall and didn’t have a dime to her name. What she did have was a deep faith and powerful ...

Carter G. Woodson, who started the precursor to Black History Month, wrote of Cincinnati’s Black history before the Civil War ...

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated 160 years ago. There had been four years of terrible conflagration and the loss of thousands of lives. I have chosen to honor Black History Month by featuring two of ...

Below is an abbreviated history of everyday objects purchased during the Civil War Era. It was shared by Historian James Ayers, and taken from a 1939 Catskill Mountain News.

Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers ...

In the complex tapestry of American history, the rules governing what enslaved people could or couldn’t wear played a ...

A tenuous ceasefire has ended the hostilities in Gaza but the deep impacts of that conflict on Australian society continue to ...

Ahmed al-Sharaa has been named "transitional" president after leading the overthrow of the Assad regime. Trump's plan to cut foreign aid will make it harder for Kurdish authorities to secure Syria ...

He has been leading one of the two sides in the 21-month civil war that has killed tens of thousands ... including one showing a man in civilian clothing being thrown over a bridge and then ...

Israel and Hamas have been at war in Gaza since October 7, 2023 when the militant group in a surprise attack killed over 1,200 people in Israel and took around 250 people as hostage, according to ...

The war in Ukraine has ground on for nearly three years. From the start, Western allies have stood in solidarity with Kyiv. The US has poured tens of billions in military aid into the war ...

Putin’s ultimate goal isn’t recreating empire or seeking war with NATO—it’s staying in power. In pressing for greater military spending to counter Russia, NATO Secretary-General Marc Rutte ...