A Finnish American played an important role in the creation of America. How has Finland’s democracy succeeded?

Starting in the 15th century, Portugal began exploring the African coast searching for a shorter route for trade with Asia. Not to be outdone, Spain sponsored Columbus’ voyage due west and discovered ...

From there, we leapt over centuries of empire, slavery and revolution in America to arrive triumphantly at the First and ...

I. Religious motives in American colonization. Hakluyt's discourse on western planting. The crusade against Catholicism. Contributions of the German reformation. English religious minorities.

Credit...Photo illustration by Naila Ruechel for The New York Times; source images from John Jakes’s American Bicentennial Series and painting by Stafford Ordahl ...