How and why Russia ceded its control over Alaska to the United States 150 years ago is actually two tales and two ...

The U.S. initially acquired the rights to build and operate the Panama Canal in 1903 through the Hay–Bunau–Varilla Treaty ...

The prevailing narrative of the Alaska purchase, pushed in history textbooks for decades, doesn’t reflect public opinion at the time more than 150 years ago.

President-elect Donald Trump’s interest in buying Greenland mirrors the U.S. acquisition of Alaska in 1867 for $7.2 million.

Donald Trump is again exploring the idea of purchasing Greenland before his second term. Comparisons are made to the Alaska ...

Begich said William Seward, the U.S. secretary of state who orchestrated the Alaska purchase from Russia, also showed interest in purchasing Greenland. "Concepts like these are history defining ...

President-elect Donald Trump has continued to float the idea of buying Greenland, a territory of Denmark. Here's what to know ...

On January 7th the president-elect declined to rule out using military might or economic warfare in his pursuit of Greenland ...

(Barker made waves in 2009 when he argued that the American purchase of Alaska in 1867, for less than 2 cents per acre, was a bad deal from a purely financial investment perspective.) Here’s his ...

The tale of how and why Russia ceded its control over Alaska to the US 150 years ago is actually 2 tales and 2 intertwining ...

The U.S. bought Alaska from Russia in 1867. To mark the 150th anniversary of the sale in 2017, we asked William L. Iggiagruk Hensley, a visiting professor at the University of Alaska Anchorage ...