The Declaration of Independence, adopted on July 4, 1776, was a game-changer for the 13 American colonies. This bold move cut ...

The commander of the Continental Army was well aware that British loyalists who fled the unrest in the 13 colonies careening ...

Lafayette has come to Lafayette. Marquis de Lafayette, the honorary patriot who fought in the Revolutionary War, makes his appearance in small cutouts for a city-wide scavenger hunt.

It’s long past time Americans face the truth about the Founding Fathers. A critique that places events being celebrated on ...

National pride in the U.S. is at a record low. Researchers and experts explore if there is a place for patriotism in ...

But the mood in the halls of the U.N. headquarters in New York is grim. Diplomats are anxious about ... justice and trusteeships for colonies. Today, the map of the U.N. system looks like a ...

The following is the transcript of an interview with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and "CBS Evening News" co-anchor John ...

There were violent protests against French rule in the semiautonomous Pacific territory last year. The agreement would create ...

After the French parliament voted on Monday to return to Ivory Coast a "talking drum" that colonial troops took from the ...

Whether they sought a new place to settle ... from the kingdom’s colonies. The journey of Joseph Ha-Kohen’s family illustrates the hardships. After the expulsion, his parents moved to Avignon, the ...

The UN Special Rapporteur has published a new report on the economics of occupation, and how the companies that profit from the Israeli occupation of Palestine ...

Portugal’s Jews faced similar persecution. Whether they sought a new place to settle or stayed and hoped to be accepted as members of Christian society, both groups were searching for belonging.