COMMENTARY: In a time of prejudice and social tension, a single afternoon with a group of Franciscan sisters offered an ...

When U.S. President Donald Trump started talking about annexing Canada to make it the 51st state, people in Castine, Maine, ...

Massachusetts was the sixth state to join the Union. However, Massachusetts is home to the second colony to be founded of the original 13 colonies, meaning the state's foundations are older than most.

As we prepare to celebrate the founding of this nation, let’s keep this in mind: Religious liberty is fundamental to American ...

A monument to an English-speaking and Christian Indigenous man, born in 1620, is planned in Lakeville. Some Mashpee Wampanoag ...

This bizarre history made it to the states when Christmas was outright banned by the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1659. An act that had deep roots in the Puritan-led Parliament's fight against ...

Early settlers to the Massachusetts Bay Colony were not interested in religious freedom. They created a theocracy—a society led and bound by the rules of one religious sect.

The true history of America includes evil acts of slavery. It can't be erased by defunding African American history museums ...

Discover 10 interesting facts about Harvard University. Explore its rich history, famous alumni, unique traditions, and the ...

The Massachusetts Bay Colony had made its position clear by 1641; any perceived nonconformity in sexuality or gender generally met harsh treatment, and even legal prosecution. In the late 1800s, ...

The service traces its roots to 1636, when the Massachusetts Bay Colony General Court ordered the formation of three militias to defend the colony’s interests.

At a time when the Trump administration has renewed a travel ban on various Muslim majority countries in Africa and the ...