Once federal prosecutors charged Veronica Ramirez-Verduzco with illegally re-entering the country, deportation became almost ...

Banking panics that apparently were so regular that they necessitated creating the Federal Reserve in 1913 all stemmed from ...

What was the Myra Clark Gaines case and is it true that it was the longest-running lawsuit in the history of the United ...

In Fascism Comes to America, Bruce Kuklick traces the shifting meanings of the term “fascist” from its origins to the present day and how it has, over the years, gradually lost its coherence.

Here's a look at a timeline of United States cities hosting throughout Olympic history and some major moments from each of those Games.

Over the last eight years, the United States has shown up to meetings at the WTO and offered some proposals for reform.

The history of actual treason, in the sense of federal criminal prosecutions for the concept defined in the Constitution and adopted almost immediately as a federal offense, is remarkably short.

Rosina Lozano, associate professor of history, researches Latino history with a focus on Mexican American history, the American West, migration and immigration, and comparative studies in race and ...

Abortion was once simply part of life in the United States. Then, for about 100 years, it was illegal. How we got there and got to where we are now may surprise you.

The unveiling of a statue in Detroit has made Satanism news again ...

During WW I, authorities incarcerated 30,000 prostitutes in an effort to curb venereal disease. Learn more about the history of quarantines.

The Untold History of the United States is a doorstop of a book, one thick with villains—and flecked with the occasional “forgotten” hero—all assembled to prove that the 20th century was a ...