With its gold rush history, vast wilderness, and rugged charm, Canada’s Yukon territory is arguably one of the most fabled ...

In its 83-year history, a lot of people have wanted to shut down Voice of America. The U.S. government-funded broadcaster began during World War II, broadcasting in German to provide the German people ...

The political stakes in purple states — those with small electoral margins that can swing back and forth between the two major parties — are enormous. Unlike bright blue and red states, where one ...

A defiant Doug Ford said the commercial his government launched, to the fury of U.S. President Donald Trump, derailing trade ...

The New English Canaan by Thomas Morton criticized the Puritan government in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Illustration by Emily Lankiewicz The American Library Association reports that 2022 saw more ...

In the relationship between humans and raccoons, the black-masked mammals have played many roles Samuel I. Zeveloff The raccoon has long held our fascination, admiration, and even our disdain. Perhaps ...

The link between Americans’ views on slavery and their treatment of Native Americans. The view that Indigenous peoples were at the heart of the American Revolution. The notion that the Monroe Doctrine ...

More than 22% of native pollinators in North America are at an elevated risk of extinction, the research found. Researchers blame habitat loss, pesticide use and climate change for the problem. People ...

Something very strange appears to be happening deep, deep underneath the U.S. Midwest and the Ohio Valley. North America’s geological core has persisted for more than a billion years; it’s what ...

A conversation with Greg Grandin about his groundbreaking new book America, América: A New History of the New World. The “Visscher Map of the New World” including North and South America, 1658. A ...