THIS volume completes the description of the North American continent with the exception of Mexico; but, although an excellent account of the United States, it leaves North America itself still ...

The Vault is Slate’s history blog. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @slatevault, and find us on Tumblr. Find out more about what this space is all about here. These pages from Anna Heermans’ ...

If you were to drop Dave Imus anywhere in the United States, he could likely point out something unique in the landscape around him. This winding road through flat farmland, 30 miles outside of Eugene ...

Most people understand the phrase “the law of the land” to mean the set of laws that apply in a given region or country. This seems to be the sense intended by the framers who used the phrase in 1787 ...

Who should come first in this discussion – institutions or individuals? In encouraging children from the earliest grades to explore the world, we know that individuals – parents, teachers, friends – ...