A rediscovered trove of photographs, sketches and letters reveals artist Liu Kang’s intimate journey through Indonesia in the 1950s, capturing a young nation in transition and the everyday lives of ...

Entertainment industry veterans compare Israeli film boycott to historical censorship, warning against silencing voices ...

Books are heavily restricted behind bars, including some of the books that officials have fought for students to access.

Owner L'Oreal Thompson Payton envisions an intergenerational space that centers Black women and their stories.

The Complete History of Middle-earth compiles all 12 volumes of Tolkien's exhaustive Legendarium in a gargantuan three-book ...

Best-selling author Eric Larson adeptly wove humorous anecdotes from his life into explaining how he created his historical ...

I have a confession to make. When Dan Hurley, my colleague and regional historian, asked me to review his new book on his ...

His letter to recently naturalized citizens offers a glimpse into his vision of what it means to be an American.

A new posthumous collection from David McCullough, "History Matters," has just been published. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Jon Meacham and Dorie McCullough Lawson about it.

In an 1881 letter, Francisca Benicia reflected on the sufferings that she and Mariano had endured, saying that their children ...

Joseph Naso, the convicted murderer known as the " Alphabet Killer," is once again under scrutiny following new claims he may ...

Letters from World War II combatants to family members. were rescued from the trash and now are used to teach Oak Lawn students.