Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America ...

A conversation with Greg Grandin about his groundbreaking new book America, América: A New History of the New World.

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Pakistan, April 19 -- 70 years ago, a historic Asia-Africa summit was convened in Indonesia's Bandung. The principles adopted at the conference - such as respect for all nation's sovereignty and ...

In Screen Gab No. 177, we catch up with "Wheel of Time" showrunner Rafe Judkins and recommend a film and TV show worth ...

If universities aren't living up to their purpose to improve society, they shouldn't benefit from government dollars and tax ...

But in her magisterial new history of the constitutional debates of the era, legal historian Alison LaCroix expands her (and our) horizons beyond the modest contributions of the Supreme Court of the ...

In 'Atavists,' Lydia Millet's latest collection of short stories, Southern California denizens grapple with an endangered ...

The China-proposed Global Civilization Initiative provides an answer by upholding the principles of equality, mutual learning ...

Democracy depends on the free exchange of ideas. Help sustain it with a tax-deductible donation today. This is the first installment of a new bimonthly column by David Austin Walsh. “A moment of ...

A portrait of life at a fast-food restaurant shows that there’s both dignity and drudgery in all kinds of labor.

The wildly popular Clash of Clans mobile game reaches for a new format with its first tabletop board game, coming to Kickstarter this month!