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By History.com Editors !– tml-version=”2″ –In one of the most dramatic upsets in Olympic history, the underdog U.S. hockey team, made up of college players, defeats the four-time defending gold-medal winning […]

By Erin Blakemore !– tml-version=”2″ –They drank. They swam. They smiled. But they didn’t hear the click of the cameras–or acknowledge that their secret romance could constitute a national scandal. They were […]

By Greg Daugherty They held the pontiff hostage for three harrowing days. He never recovered.!– tml-version=”2″ –A power-mad dictator sends agents to kidnap the pope, plunder his palace and force him to resign […]

By Madison Horne !– tml-version=”2″ –In February of 1942, just 10 weeks after the attacks on How Two Japanese-Americans Fought Nazis Abroad—and Prejudice at HomeUnlikely World War II Soldiers Awarded Nation’s […]

By Ryan Bourne Ryan Bourne

The UK’s labour market performance continues to confound.
The employment rate is at its highest level since figures began in
1971. Unemployment is at its lowest rate
since early in […]

By Ted Galen Carpenter Ted Galen Carpenter

A key worry among American critics of NATO is that expanding the
alliance into Eastern Europe may entangle the United States in
conflicts that have little or no […]

By History.com Editors !– tml-version=”2″ –For centuries, historians and archaeologists have puzzled over the many mysteries of Stonehenge, the prehistoric monument that took Neolithic builders an estimated […]

By Doug Bandow Doug Bandow

The driving force behind American foreign policy in recent years
has been hubris. The United States sees itself as the essential
unipower, endowed with the right, indeed the duty, to […]

By Doug Bandow Doug Bandow

Great countries do not fight endless wars,” intoned
President Donald Trump in his State of the Union address, and he is
right. Certainly, nations that do fight them don’t stay
great, […]

By Neal McCluskey
As the Battle Map, an interactive database of values- and
identity-based conflicts in public schools reveals, the need to
maintain order is just one concern among many that has spurred
public […]

By Thad Morgan Black innovators changed the way we live through their contributions, from caller ID to the traffic light to the ironing board.!– tml-version=”2″ –Most people have heard about famous inventions […]

By John Glaser John Glaser

Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a clear warning to
the United States: If Washington deploys new intermediate-range
missiles in Europe, Moscow will, too.
The context behind […]

By Sarah Pruitt !– tml-version=”2″ –After 5,000 years, scholars are beginning to unlock one of the greatest mysteries surrounding Stonehenge. Geologists long ago traced dozens of the Neolithic monument’s […]

By Sarah Pruitt He is one of the most commonly painted figures in Western art. But what do we really know about his appearance?!– tml-version=”2″ –For centuries, the most common image of Jesus Christ, at least […]

By Colin Grabow Colin Grabow

Americans would probably be surprised to learn that, at least in
the energy sector, the island of Puerto Rico is currently under a
de facto embargo imposed by Congress. Incredibly, […]

By George Selgin George Selgin

Of many bold ideas pitched in Rep. Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez’s proposed “Green New Deal,” the
boldest may be her plan for paying its multitrillion-dollar price
tag.
We can do it, <a target="_blank" […]

By Erin Blakemore King Tutankhamun’s trumpets once enchanted an audience of millions—but it almost was the ruin of the precious artifacts.!– tml-version=”2″ –The trumpeter held the silver instrument to his […]

By History.com Editors !– tml-version=”2″ –Six and a half months before Adolf Hitler invaded Poland, New York City’s Madison Square Garden hosted a rally to celebrate the rise of Nazism in Germany. Inside, […]

By Michael D. Tanner Michael D. Tanner

Some 20 years ago, Paul Begala, then an adviser to President
Bill Clinton, expressed his marvel at the ability of the president
to act unilaterally. “Stroke of the pen. […]

By Erin Blakemore !– tml-version=”2″ –After it was all over, Virginia Reed wrote a long letter to her cousin. A member of the infamous Donner Party, the 13-year-old had recently suffered through one of the […]