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The Ten Best History Books of 2025

Our favorite titles of the year resurrect overlooked histories and examine how the United States ended up where it is today ...
On this day 160 years ago, the United States of America ratified the 13th Amendment of the Constitution, immortalizing a self-evident principle that ...
America at 250 could look at the best examples of public service—public service in which the governmental institution expired ...
This winter’s Beijing Games marks the second time that the Chinese city has hosted the Olympics. They will also be the first city to have hosted both the Summer (2008) and Winter Olympics. Paris is ...
A historic ocean liner will become the world’s largest artificial reef after it's sunk off Florida’s Gulf Coast early next ...