It was written by a man fleeing for his life and set to music by a factory worker in one night. The Internationale became one of the most translated songs in history — and it's been sung in the Philippines for generations.

After World War II, Japan, Korea and Taiwan built industries. The Philippines got trade deals that locked in dependence on the United States. Here's how it happened.

Filipinos have been in what is now the United States since 1587. From Morro Bay to Delano to Sacramento, here's a timeline of Filipino American history — with links to go deeper.

The Philippines is one of the most typhoon-hit countries on Earth. Billions meant to protect Filipinos from floods went to projects that were never built. Here's what we know.

Spain ruled for 333 years and never made Spanish the language of the islands. America did it with English in under 50. Here's how — and why it still shapes who has power today.

From a nuclear plant that never produced a watt to ghost flood control projects, here are some of the biggest corruption scandals in Philippine history — and the pattern that connects them.

Long before Spain arrived, Filipinos built plank boats that crossed the seas — and gave us the word "barangay." Here's the story of the balangay.

Many of our biggest fiestas were layered on top of older planting, harvest and fertility rites. Here are the cases with real evidence — plus one popular origin story that doesn't hold up.

The aswang existed long before Spain arrived. What colonizers did was weaponize it — first against the babaylan, then, centuries later, against Filipino guerrillas.

The Tydings-McDuffie Act (1934): The Day Filipinos Became Aliens