Ban: Merriam-Webster defines it as "a legal or formal prohibition." But in the 2024 election cycle — the first general election since Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that enshrined a constitutional ...

Today’s Supreme Court justices insist that they are not “politicians in robes” and merely act as umpires calling “balls ...

History lessons are being wiped from the internet, and California is retreating from ethnic studies, as education swings away from curriculums that are seen as too progressive. By Dana Goldstein In ...

The ongoing war of words between President Trump and Pope Leo XIV is unparalleled in modern history. It's not new for popes to speak out on political issues, historians of religion say, but Trump's ...

In ancient Greece, theater served as political discourse—and in fact, attending theatrical performances was considered a civic duty. Sophocles’ “Antigone” was a rallying cry against state authority: ...

Joanne B. Freeman, a leading scholar of revolutionary and early national American history and political culture, and the life and times of Alexander Hamilton, was recently appointed the Alan Boles, ...

Sportswriter Howard Bryant talks about the politics of this year's Super Bowl and other times politics have played a role in the league's recent history. So Eric and Leila referenced a political ...

The below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and articles about politics, ...

Fractured Communities by Umar Khalid offers a richly textured, astute history of Adivasis through the struggles of the Ho community of Jharkhand’s Singhbhum region.

The Paris Olympics are underway. Northwestern University international politics professor Ian Hurd and student Sadie Barlow explore the history and geopolitics of the Games in this three-part series.