Under Jimmy Carter, he was the first V.P. to serve as a genuine partner of a president. His own run...

When Walt Whitman began conceiving his great volume of poetry, “Leaves of Grass,” in the 1850s, American democracy was in...

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Neglected by art history for decades, Jo van Gogh-Bonger, the painter’s sister-in-law, is finally being recognized as the force who...

"The Undoing" star is set to play the comedy legend in Aaron Sorkin’s new film

August 4, 1921 - April 6, 2021

Exercising an influence unlike any first lady before or since, she guided her husband’s rise to power and secured his...

Husband to Queen Elizabeth, and Strong Ally to the U.S., Dies at 99

The museum’s new early American galleries highlight the turbulence and vitality of the biggest city in colonial America

For people who were already anxious before Covid-19, the limitations of the pandemic offer a sense of control that they...

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future.

Educators. Inventors. Scientists. Writers. Financiers. Activists. Presidents. Sons. Husbands. Fathers.