This interview with Peter Geffen is part of an ongoing series exploring one of the most pressing questions of our time: how do we find meaning in a world ...

Trump says he’s not prepared to reach a deal with Iran and urges countries to help US secure the Strait of Hormuz.

Some musical artists are taking a step back into the past, preserving wartime letters soldiers wrote to loved ones for a recording project in celebration of the nation's 250th birthday.

As Sudan’s civil war approaches its fourth year, the atrocities that have amassed are showing clear signs of genocide. The ...

Civil rights leader John Perkins, 95, died Friday under hospice care. His funeral service is set for March 21 at New Horizon ...

As Haiti confronts deepening violence and political collapse, calls for military intervention risk repeating a long history of foreign policies that have destabilized the country.

Several structures in Ypsilanti bear the name of "Starkweather". These mark the legacy of a woman who championed social ...

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Despite his long and accomplished career, Mills’ life also included a strange and tragic connection to the railroads that crisscrossed Texas during that era.

Marcus Junius Brutus was a Roman politician, leader, orator—and one of history’s most infamous assassins. Why did he launch a ...

In Narvik harbour in the Norwegian Arctic, the city's chief medical officer watches as dozens of "casualties" are unloaded from ​a train and get triaged before being transported in ambulances to ...

A modest home in what is now downtown Lancaster offers a window into the early life of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, a U.S.