It dawned on Boes that she was reading a note sent home by a soldier during the Civil War. “Suddenly, I felt the enormity of what was in my hands,” she says. “My heart leapt in my throat.

Hesley had mostly bombed factories that produced war materials and the railways that moved soldiers and supplies. But by the winter of 1945 ... was stirred by the civil rights and antiwar movements.

The actor and musician Jeff Bridges discusses how to “let it do you,” why almost dying was a gift, and his new album, “Slow Magic,” in an interview with Amanda Petrusich. The danger behind ...

The irony of the moment does not escape Revolutionary War reenactor Justin Murray, a 33-year-old eighth grade civics teacher at Clinton Middle School. It was the imposition of tariffs and restriction ...

Like many in America, Todd Martens grew up with parents who devoted the bulk of their vacation time to Disney’s theme parks. He now understands them as places to make sense of the world rather ...