Meiji-era prostitutes, whose names are etched in stone, find a voice in a new book by Georgina Challen and Yoshiko Nakano.

In this week's Texas history column, Ken Bridges explores Texan Claire Chennault's Flying Tigers volunteer fighter pilots in ...

Discover the Arita ceramics of Nagasaki, functionally beautiful furniture, Japan's historical gateway to the West in Nagasaki ...

Moving on from such fractured facts and scrambled history, Trump suggested the foreign policy principles that would guide his ...

The 1920s were a period of great change. Vintage photographs provide a glimpse at what life was like for women throughout the decade.

In the 150 years since he created them, the joyful botanical prints of the Victorian artist, poet and socialist activist William Morris have gathered ...

In the weeks leading up to the recent presidential inauguration in Washington, this country and an anxious world expected ...

Infotech giant Google, which rules our communications life, has taken the delicate political balancing route: its users in ...

Alton's Catholic Children's Home, run by the Sisters of the Precious Blood, housed over 300 children, offering education and ...