Christy Emmanuel can trace one family line to 1234. Those who followed are tied to U.S. history and now chronicled in a ...

Sam Tanenhaus’s long-awaited biography captures William F. Buckley Jr. and the political movement that he did so much to ...

While many learned about the American Revolution as beginning in the Northeast, some may not know Florida's role in the ...

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, July Fourth week is a time for 250th anniversary events, the ...

John G. Turner’s new book is a nimble account that showcases the frenzied core of Smith’s soul.

About the good or bad of democracy, Hamid is clear about his mixed, and constantly evolving feelings. The bet here is that in ...

Legendary journalist Bill Moyers — a former White House press secretary for President Lyndon B. Johnson who went on to become ...

At first glance, it was the unlikeliest of friendships. I served as editor of the left-wing Vassar College student newspaper, ...

In hundreds of hours of PBS programs, he proved at home with subjects ranging from government corruption to modern dance, ...