From 1619 on, not long after the first settlement, the need for colonial labor was bolstered by the importation of African captives. At first, like their poor English counterparts, the Africans ...

Al Jazeera looks at the US economy, demographics, geography and other indicators ahead of the November 5 elections.

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Under Prussian leadership, Germany finally united into one country in 1871. About 13 years after unification, Germany turned ...

The economic opportunity subcategory informs the best states for opportunity rankings and the overall Best States rankings. It takes into account a state’s poverty rate, prevalence of food ...

North Carolina, which was at one time combined with South Carolina to form a single territory, was one of the original 13 colonies and became the 12th state in 1789. It sent the most troops to ...

Due to runoff into water sources, roughly 90% of the population of the two islands test positive for chlordecone in their blood. Rates of prostate cancer, which are linked to the carcinogenic ...

big-money interests that dominated politics in the Atlantic states that emerged from the original 13 colonies. They also wanted no part of the authoritarianism that dominated the political ...

The SBA is set to run out of funding for hurricane victims within days as officials tally the extent of the damage from Hurricane Milton. Going full expat from the U.S. is tricky. Here’s an ...

Spraying insecticides on agricultural fields caused the death of about 80,000 bee colonies in 25 regions ... Sino-Russian economic ties firm, have great prospects — expert Trade turnover between ...