A new documentary is taking a thoughtful and personal look at the life of Heather O’Rourke, the beloved child actor who became a horror icon at just five years old. She Was Here has officially dropped ...

In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to ...

Federal law sets the minimum age for most non-agricultural work at 16, but some jobs are available to 14- and 15-year-olds. Children under 14 can perform specific jobs like delivering newspapers, ...

Takeaways from Ken Burns’ documentary “The American Revolution,” now streaming on PBS: History is not clean and simple. Events do not unfold in a linear and logical fashion that leads to inevitable ...

New evidence shows that the health impacts of the Industrial Revolution varied more widely than previously believed, challenging the longstanding narrative that urban areas were uniformly polluted ...

WASHINGTON — More than 62,000 migrant children have been rescued by the Trump administration and saved from evil conditions, including sex trafficking and forced labor after they crossed the border ...

In a recent interview, Ken Burns said that the American Revolution was the most important human event since the birth of Christ. While historians (and theologians) may debate this claim, what cannot ...

As part of my due diligence for securities that I am interested in, I follow the macro events that dictate which investments may perform better at various times throughout the economic cycle. Despite ...

With the Industrial Revolution, which began in Britain in the late 18th century, came the first wave of technology to transform the economic system. In the centuries that followed were further ...

Allegations of unsafe and abusive labor practices in Hyundai’s supply chain question the brand’s future. JMA filed a lawsuit accusing Hyundai, Kia, and others of severe labor law violations. Alleged ...

Economics Professor Siobhan O’Keefe says that technology has been upending the workforce—more or less constantly—since the dawn of the industrial era. We talked to O’Keefe for some additional context ...

John Trumbull's 1818 painting, <i>Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776</i>, depicting the five-man drafting committee of the Declaration of Independence presenting their work to the Congress.