Olivia Paschal is a PhD candidate in History at the University of Virginia, and a journalist and writer. Resources of the Soil (Mural Study, Ukiah, California Post Office), by Ben Cunningham, c.

Translating the first book printed in English was quite stressful, as William Caxton made clear in his profoundly neurotic introduction to the 1473 edition of The Recuyell of the Historyes of ...

One day in the fall of 1841, the Black abolitionist William Johnson was walking down the street in Philadelphia when a friend thrust a “Human Rights Circular” into his hands. The printed ...

It started with a few kids in Connecticut. Tired of being shouted down and beaten up, a crew of antislavery Republicans formed a militaristic company in Hartford. They called themselves “the ...

Shelomo Alfassa is an author, historian and internationally known advocate for Sephardic Jewry. He has successfully worked with the U.S. Congress to bring about greater representation for ...

Mr. Reeves is the author of A Question of Character: A Life of John F. Kennedy. His latest book is America's Bishop: The Life and Times of Fulton J. Sheen (Encounter, 2001). A billboard I saw ...

Trump’s baseless claims about migrants in Ohio reflect a long history of prejudice against Haitians. In Washington, those falsehoods have driven policy. A new book tells the story of American ...

Mr. Porter is Emeritus Professor of Modern History at Newcastle University, UK. His most recent book is Empire and Superempire: Britain, America and the World (Yale UP, Spring 2006), which ...

Mr. Bix, author of Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan (HarperCollins, 2000), writes on problems of war and empire and is a Japan Focus associate. A producer for the Korean Broadcasting System ...

Mr. Fleming is the author of DUEL: ALEXANDER HAMILTON, AARON BURR, AND THE FUTURE OF AMERICA. The book has been praised as the definitive account of the famous duel. Mr. Fleming is a member of the ...

Mr. Citron is a law professor and a writer who lives in New York City. Dock Ellis, the former pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates and several other teams, died on December 19. He was 63-years old ...