In dissenting opinions, Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson excoriated the Supreme Court’s Friday ruling on ...

Cue the book bans. The Supreme Court sided Friday with a group of Maryland parents in Mahmoud v. Taylor, ruling 6 –3 to allow ...

Discover the roots of the Roman Republic’s downfall in Part 7, where rising inequality, political corruption, and military ...

A survey of more than 500 political scientists found that they believe the United States is headed towards authoritarian rule ...

The Roman Republic lasted nearly 500 years, ... the latter’s death was followed by a bloody civil war. ... the Roman Senate made him a god.

The supposedly stable dynasty he founded gave Rome Caligula and Nero; the latter’s death was followed by a bloody civil war. More mayhem followed, and not until a century after Augustus did the Senate ...

In his testimony before the country’s Senate yesterday, the 79-year-old said he offered “no apologies, no excuses” for the campaign, during which between 12,000 and 30,000 people were killed.

It is the collapse of the Roman Republic, which developed over some four centuries and disappeared almost suddenly when the Senate granted Octavian extraordinary powers in 27 BCE – he renamed ...

When we consider the staying power of U.S. democracy, it’s humbling to consider the Roman Empire’s longevity of 1,500 years. On Oct. 22, UC Riverside's Michele Salzman will co-host in the ancient ...

Julius Caesar, an accomplished military general and cunning politician, is perhaps remembered as one of the most consequential figures who rose to power during the Roman Republic – and led to ...