When France extorted Haiti – the greatest heist in history
After enduring decades of exploitation at the hands of the French, Haiti somehow ended up paying reparations – to the…
After enduring decades of exploitation at the hands of the French, Haiti somehow ended up paying reparations – to the…
Few of those in the K-pop industry have donated or even spoken out in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Rap songs from Public Enemy and Ludacris have been heard at marches over the killing of George Floyd. But the history of…
First trains, then cars and, now, COVID-19 have all spurred New York to reimagine how its scarce space should be used –…
What do you do when the subject is a disease as much as a person, and when the disease then subsumes the person – to the…
While the man the world knows as 'Papa' balanced the demands of parenting with his work, his letters and fiction…
Dads are taking parenting much more seriously. But according to a new study of sitcoms, the stereotype of the foolish father…
Generic names can take on a linguistic life of their own, becoming powerful forms of social commentary.
Prosecutors say they've closed Sweden's most famous cold case. But many Swedes still have doubts. The crime and…
For decades, there's been a concerted effort by law enforcement to ensure their perspectives – and not those of people…
In some parts of the US, a silver lining of COVID-19 may be a return to childhood friendships based in neighborhoods.
A team of researchers developed an app to study whether the pandemic would cause our internal clocks to go haywire.
In a system that treats people as objects to be counted, chained, searched and assigned a number, art is a way for prisoners…
With the plague decimating the ranks of laborers, surviving workers started pining for higher wages. When the monarchy responded…
For almost a century, American popular culture has perpetuated the idea that only journalists working in foreign countries…