With the nation's big 2-5-0 coming up next year, NPR staff and critics recommended a lot of U.S.-focused titles for Books We Love, our annual year-end reading guide. Below you'll find 10 favorites — ...

From the Declaration of Independence to the 9/11 terror attacks, these are the most important dates in American history. Over the last quarter of a millennium, the ...

Florida announced its competitor to the Advanced Placement U.S. History course taken by thousands of the state’s students each year. But some historians are critical of the course’s “one-sided” views.