As America celebrates its 250th anniversary, The Times consulted scholars across the country to identify historical figures ...

Unable to agree on how to interpret the American story, the country’s schools, universities, and political institutions have ...

In 1939, more than 120 years after the first photograph ever was taken, Robert Cornelius set up a camera in the back of his family’s store and took what is believed to be the very first photographic ...

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