The president’s concerns about Air Force One seem less focused on safety and security and more on size and opulence.
Repelled by American racism, thousands of free people of color bounced between New Orleans and Haiti in the 19th century.
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The precursors of today’s public media programs consisted of professors giving lectures about history and finance.
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Snark subreddits act as a regulatory guardrail in an industry that has gone largely unchecked.
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Trump often casts himself as a man of the people. But his statue garden feeds into a ‘great man’ approach to history…
The meaning of ‘happiness’ was in flux in Shakespeare’s England, and his plays capture many senses of the word.
A landscape historian explains how a Victorian tradition became a tool for social change in 19th- and 20th-century Philadelphia.
Is China winning over Western youth through its cinema, video games and TikTok.
Because the US government has rarely offered full-throated support for the arts, there’s a long tradition of innovation,…
Not too long ago, therapists created a wall between themselves and their patients. Have we gone too far in the other direction?
After being exploited for decades by France, Haiti ended up forking over huge sums of money to its former colonizer. Now,…
Touring has become one of the few reliable income streams for working musicians. But a new study finds that the benefits…
Cute characters are often vulnerable, innocent and lovable – and therein lies their power.
Abbreviations like ‘brb’ and ‘plz’ may seem benign. But new research shows they can make senders appear less sincere…