Gangs of New York: America’s revolution was fought across the city — intimately and ferociously

The United States came out of violence,” the historian Maya Jasanoff reminds us in our series “The American Revolution” ...

‘New England is at the center of it’: Ken Burns talks ‘The American Revolution’

The epic story, with Boston as an epicenter, premieres Nov. 16 on PBS. The post ‘New England is at the center of it’: Ken ...

Ashes to Ashes, cricket's oldest rivalry endures

While ever more hostage to Twenty20's global carve-up, cricket will take a breath from next week to indulge its most ...

The road to independence took many turns in RI. Step into the pre-Revolutionary War era

On July 17, the Liberty brought two Connecticut-based ships into Newport Harbor, accusing their captains of customs ...