Though some US agencies already had strict rules on such relationships, a blanket “non-fraternization” policy, as it is known ...

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

Q. I’m a 78-year-old widow, who has been without a cat for one year now; first time in my life. Is it fair to adopt a cat if I most likely only have 1½ to 2½ more years to live? I do travel as well.

Was 1775 really the main pivot point in the fight for independence? 1760? 1607? The Founders themselves weren’t sure.

Jane Kamensky is the president and CEO of Monticello and the author of “A Revolution in Color: The World of John Singleton ...

The birth of our country may feel like a familiar story. But in making a documentary about it, we found plenty of revelations ...

Among the employees who have been dismissed are chaplains for grieving families, a counselor for abuse victims, and a ...

Ted Widmer, a consulting editor for this special issue of Globe Ideas, is the author of “Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington.” He helped to create the George Washington Book Prize, ...

It’s one of Abigail Adams’s most famous lines. Early in 1776 — not even 12 months after the battles of Lexington and Concord — she wrote to her husband, John, who was with the Continental Congress.

University officials called for the Turkish doctoral student's “release without delay,” according to court documents filed ...

ICE spokesperson David Yost said in a statement that the officers executed a federal search warrant “based on an ongoing criminal investigation into the unlawful employment of aliens without legal ...

After a slow opening over its first week, the spring season got started in earnest Wednesday, and here at the Globe we ...