Paul Thomas Chamberlin’s book, Scorched Earth, recasts the conflict as a brutal struggle for survival among declining and ...

The meeting place of facts, ego, ignorance and politics typically is a messy arena as Tim Weiner illustrates over and over in ...

A Travelling History” is a fascinating look at a marginalized and misunderstood group of people who have encountered ...

In late 1923 and early 1924, Adolf Hitler, a poverty-stricken, failed painter and semi-successful soldier, sat in a German jail. He had been found guilty of high treason for his role in the Beer Hall ...

It was three in the morning when Jesse got home. Late for him but still early for his wife, who was not yet halfway through her shift at the hospital. The lights were off and the bed was made. There ...

Smithsonian Science Participatory Science in Your State arrow-right Find a project to complete in your backyard, or online, and answer questions about our world in celebration of Our Shared Future: ...

Republicans are using the term “invader” to describe illegal immigrants, despite the fact that most of them are ordinary folks who make America a better and more prosperous place.

Kershaw, now just the 20th pitcher in Major League Baseball history to reach 3,000 strikeouts, joins an exclusive pantheon of greatness.

The last three popes — Benedict XVI, Francis, and Leo XIV — have on more than one occasion recommended reading “Lord of the World.” ...