Any increase in people seeking help for gambling disorders could overwhelm the nation’s treatment centers, which already…
A new report disputes the heritage claims of Native American activist Sacheen Littlefeather. A scholar explains why scrutiny…
Just five days before the first pitch of the 1947 World Series, a deal was struck to air the Series on television.
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Today’s creepy clowns are not a divergence from tradition, but a return to it.
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During a two-decade period of English history known as the Anarchy, a woman sought to make the then-unprecedented move of…
The US National Women’s Soccer League was recently rocked by revelations of sexual abuse. But research shows that physical…
Because Dylan draws from songs from the past, he has been accused of plagiarism. But this view has been colored by a distorted…
She eventually decided to become a public school teacher so she could influence a new generation of Americans.
Like clockwork, September crime news is often cast as an ominous sign of what could happen on Halloween.
Bourdain’s brother, Christopher, has called for the publisher, Simon & Schuster, to halt publication until the book’s…
Since the earliest days of the written word, students and scholars have pleaded for help from higher powers, a sure sign…
For thousands of years, music has been an essential part of the human experience.
The celebration of generous portions, meat and fat as masculine and patriotic would have been alien to Washington and Jefferson,…
A range of films spanning different eras confronts viewers with the same question: ‘What if all that hard work isn’t…
Through songs such as ‘The Pill,’ Loretta Lynn addressed issues confronting all women. The country star died on Oct.…
Just in time for this year’s Nobel Prize announcements, here’s how the symbolism of a plant associated with the god…
Derided as ‘toys for the rich,’ the specimens being bought and sold raise broader questions about the relationship between…
In opinion polls over the past two decades, she’s routinely selected as one of the most popular Russians – often appearing…