History

From Rosa Parks to Martin Luther King Jr. to U.S. Rep. John Lewis, comics illustrate the fight for equality.

Last week, one of the last remaining secrets from the Watergate scandal was finally revealed.

As thousands of migrants walk to America to escape the violence in Central America, I’m disappointed that a president who is the son of ...

Some personal secrets are so well-kept that even family and friends are oblivious.

Guests: Katherine Howe, Mark Binelli People accused of witchcraft in the 17th and 18th cent ...

A theatrical lecture at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia demonstrates the scientific roots of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein."

Edna Lewis, the late doyenne of Southern cuisine, gets her due at Haverford College.

A Pennsylvania case that got to the Supreme Court in 1992 could have spelled the end for Roe vs. Wade.

The conspiracy theories flying around hearken back to another era in American history — the 1950s and '60s — when bombs were a tool of political intimidation.

Tyson's subsequent book, The Blood of Emmett Till, published in 2017, caused a sensation.

Philadelphia's iconic thoroughfare marks its 100th anniversary with cake, favors, and music.

There are three other existing copies of the same weekly edition of the Pennsylvania Journal, all housed in university collections.

A second member of the MOVE 9 has been released from prison on parole.

The museum will replace the five fragments in the display with three other fragments that will receive further study.

A new plaza was constructed to provide a better backdrop for the memorial and more information about Nazi Germany's atrocities.