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NPR's history podcast Throughline speaks with Ken Burns about his latest documentary, The American Revolution.

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Cannabis use in Britain reflects political decisions, migration, and generational change rather than pharmacology alone, with lasting implications for its regulation and medicine.

On Sept. 27, 1777, Lancaster served as the capital of the United States. The previous day, British troops had occupied Philadelphia. They had been steadily moving on the colonial capital ...

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The following is an article from history.com Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the political and spiritual leader of the Indian independence movement, is assassinated in New Delhi by a Hindu extremist on0, ...

While much of the country’s attention will be on the East Coast to mark the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, another important moment will be marked on the West Coast.