While the origins of the cross as a kiss are still debated, the answer likely lies in the letters of working-class lovers ...

Everett pulls off a masterly linguistic confection, in which enslaved people use Black English only as a wary affectation.

English, with about a third of its words rooted in French, is a prime example of how language transforms based on society.

Democratic senators are asking public servants to report "wrongdoing, abuse of power and threats to public safety." ...

Support for this article was provided by the British Library’s Eccles Institute for the Americas & Oceania Phil Davies ...

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The bewilderment of the goings on at the top level of our government brings to mind some idioms — or just plain old sayings: • Que sera, sera — whatever will be, will be. • Power corrupts ...

"I'm a history major," said Barnes. "One of the times it really got to me was when I was looking through an old arrest report book. We were trying to find when Wyatt Walker and Harry Blake were ...

“If you look at Abigail Adams' letters to her husband (President John Adams ... Not only was I brushing up on my cursive, but my old English as well,” she said. The Archive’s Isaacs is clear that ...

Outgoing presidents traditionally leave a letter for the incoming president. Former President Joe Biden wished President Donald Trump "all the best for the next four years" in the letter he left ...

Jan 21 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said former President Joe Biden left him a "nice" letter inside the Resolute Desk at the White House, continuing an inauguration day ...