Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Punishment by tar and feather of Thomas Ditson, who purchased a gun from a British soldier in Boston in March 1775. Interim ...

Quentin Skinner and the contested history of liberty. Over a long career, Skinner has sought to reclaim the idea of republican liberty for the modern age. But his work also raises the question: free ...

The day after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed while speaking at Utah Valley University, commentators repeated a familiar refrain: “This isn’t who we are as Americans.” Others ...