For Danny McBride, success in Hollywood has taken patience, hard work, and a little bit of delusion. That sense of delusion is present in the characters he portrays and in his new book of stories.

A new national poll reveals a striking paradox in public sentiment ahead of America's 250th anniversary: a disconnect between Americans' strong patriotic pride and their lack of civic knowledge.

Former President George Washington called it "an effort of genius."

Revolutionary reenactor Jeremiah Poope took host Robin Young on an 11-stop tour of some of Boston's most iconic revolutionary landmarks

Acclaimed artist and activist Ai Weiwei has often encountered censorship and surveillance throughout his career.

In 1976, a white man attacked a young Black lawyer with an American flag in downtown Boston.

The U.S. is preparing to celebrate its 150th Fourth of July this weekend.

Temperatures in the city are reported to be near 100 degrees.

Colonial Americans were drinking coffee long before they dumped tea into Boston Harbor or fought a war for independence. The establishments that served it were already brewing revolutionary ideas.

David S. Reynolds' book examines the twin legacies of the Mayflower, which carried the Pilgrims to Plymouth in 1620, and the White Lion, which brought the first enslaved Africans to Virginia in 1619.