Humour me with a thought experiment. Let us jump back to August 14, 1947. You’ve just won yourself a new country—Pakistan.

In “The Gunfighters,” Bryan Burrough sets out to debunk the myth of the Colt-toting cowboy hero.

Across three decades of democracy, South Africa has – like many places undergoing complex and uneven social change – seen an ...

A hard-line Israeli movement, featured in a new BBC documentary, expects to benefit from the current war—and meets no ...

From the late 1950s a new generation of African writers challenged colonial systems and used their work to imagine a new world.

Juneteenth celebrations are known for the variety of programs and events that highlight African American history and culture. In the 1960s, students at Prairie View A&M ...

All writers draw on their experience, whether consciously or not, says Indian author Banu Mushtaq -- including the titular ...

She is the author of the forthcoming book American Crusaders, a history of the anti-abortion movement over the last fifty years, to be published in 2026. Abortion numbers keep rising as providers ...

May 21, 2025 • We asked some of our trusted critics which upcoming books they are most looking forward to. Here are the fiction and nonfiction titles they picked. November 25, 2024 • Books We ...

The Trump admin accused California's governor of a "crass political stunt" after he filed a lawsuit aimed at blocking the deployment of U.S. Marines and the National Guard in LA.