The 5-year-old seal has a social media following twice the size of Tasmania's population, and his antics include bending ...

America is celebrating it's 250th anniversary this year, but its only been about 160 years since the 13th Amendment was passed, abolishing slavery.

When filmmaker David McCourt's grandfather came to the U.S. and landed a job, he considered himself neither rich nor poor and thus, in his estimation, had achieved the American dream.

In April 1976, a  29-year-old Black lawyer named Ted Landsmark was rushing through Boston’s City Hall on the way to a meeting. Landsmark was pushed to the ground, stomped on, had his nose broken, and ...

The Turtle submarine, invented during the Revolutionary War, was the first submarine used in combat. Alan Yu of WHYY’s The Pulse reports how it revolutionized war and why former President George ...

OpenAI, the company behind the popularly artificial intelligence model ChatGPT, is discussing giving a 5% stake in the company to the U.S. government. For a look at why and what that could mean for ...

As the U.S. prepares to celebrate it’s 250th Fourth of July, how are Indigenous communities viewing the celebrations and U.S. history? Host Scott Tong puts that question and more to Levi Rickert, the ...

Our Friday politics roundtable convenes with presidential historians Lindsay Chervinsky and Jon Meacham, who join hosts Robin Young and Scott Tong to reflect on the difference between patriotism and ...

How does this big birthday compare to the bicentennial?

Revolutionary reenactor Jeremiah Poope took host Robin Young on an 11-stop tour of some of Boston's most iconic revolutionary landmarks ...

Acclaimed artist and activist Ai Weiwei has often encountered censorship and surveillance throughout his career.

Lam was one of five people from Causeway Bay Books who disappeared in 2015. He later detailed his detention by Chinese ...