When it comes to cicadas, the silence of the historical record can be deafening.

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On April 9, 1984, the government of Nicaragua filed suit with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague alleging ...

Karen Bloom Gevirtz spent nearly three decades as a professor of English at American universities while also specializing in gender studies and medical humanities. Venetia, Lady Digby by Sir ...

Mr. Spivak is an attorney in New York, and received a Master's in History from Brooklyn College. His Master's thesis explored the history of the recall. Even though 26 states authorize the recall ...

To see what the first Thanksgiving was like you have to go to: Texas. Texans claim the first Thanksgiving in America actually took place in little San Elizario, a community near El Paso, in 1598 ...

Mr. Olshaker is a longtime freelance writer whose work has appeared in many publications including the New York Times and TomPaine.com. The night of September 23, 1952-50 years ago this week-39 ...

Mr. Garst is Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens and the author of "Chasing John Henry in Alabama and Mississippi: A Personal Memoir of Work in Progress" Tributaries ...

Wesley Millett and Gerald White are the authors of The Rebel and the Rose. In April 1865, the Civil War ended for most Americans. The war, and its various aspects, continues to capture the ...

Mr. Katz has been affiliated with New York University for more than twenty years and is the author of forty books on US history. This Independence Day falls on July fifth, and if the significance ...