American colonists felt immense pride in being British, and intense loyalty to the English Crown, as they celebrated their ...

I think it’s just incredible.” Yet, in a curious way, Trump has managed to reinvent McKinley’s fusion of imperialism and ...

American colonists felt immense pride in being British, and intense loyalty to the English Crown, as they celebrated their shared victory over France. The successful conflict eliminated French ...

Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence on the afternoon of July 4, 1776. What happened next? A little-known sequence of events tells the story. It speaks volumes about the ...

In this month’s article on library history, we’ll explore the origins of libraries in the American colonies. Private libraries were the first of the sort in North America. Whether in ...

On Feb. 25, UW Madison assistant professor of Latin American and Caribbean History Jorell Melendez-Badillo shared his research on Puerto Rico for UW’s premier history honor society, Phi Alpha Theta.

His new series, Real History with Matt Walsh, aims to “confront the lies used to rewrite America’s past,” and to “challenge decades of propaganda, question untouchable stories, and reexamine the ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is making the rounds to sell his new bo, a de facto prerequisite to running for president, and, as might be expected, the […] ...

Rare heart-shaped silver cobs from Potosí challenge assumptions about colonial coinage and hint at a deeply religious purpose ...

Aid workers assist African migrants after dangerous ocean crossing to reach Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain, in August 2024. Credit: iStock (Canary4stock) Even as the European Union prepares ...

MADRID — European potentates have gone to war with Elon Musk and his X platform, sensing that the liberation of political speech could spell electoral doom for them. Leading that fight is Spanish ...

Not everyone enjoyed Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show. “Nobody understands a word this guy is saying,” complained President Donald Trump of the Puerto Rican singer’s Spanish lyrics. That is not ...