He wrote influential books exploring the dramatic changes wrought by independence, bringing in overlooked perspectives — what he called “a collision of histories.” ...

Oonly weeks into the second Trump administration, I wonder: am I, in fact, now afraid of my country? Are others in this great ...

It’s about the South — about segregated buses and lunch counters, police dogs and fire hoses, courageous struggle and long ...

As the British pushed deeper into North America, they ended up giving Indians concessions that colonists would not tolerate.

Ted Widmer, a consulting editor for this special issue of Globe Ideas, is the author of “Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days ...

The ‘Tom Sawyer’ and ‘Huckleberry Finn’ author had an inimitable ability to make Americans reckon with their dark history. In ...