Alicia Ault

Researchers studying the 160-year-old fur of a dog named Mutton found that the breed existed for at least 5,000 years before European colonizers eradicated it.

Free blacks cared for those infected with yellow fever even as their own lives were imperiled.

Even so, many diseases have been tamed. Will Covid-19 be next?

An immersive story about the bold women who helped secure the right to vote is on view at the National Portrait Gallery.

A new exhibition makes a powerful statement about the oversights of American history and America’s art history.

The Fish Wars of the 1960s led to an affirmation of Native American rights.