Historical events through 2023 and 2024, and the shaping of politics and diplomacy, are providing intriguing insights into our world, bridging the past with a violent, volatile present.

This is part of a running series of essays by Iskander Rehman, entitled “Applied History,” which seeks, through the study of the history of ...

Commonweal Catholics were educated, liberal-minded and middle-class, and aspired to assimilate into elite culture while ...

Seven California college voters share their perspectives on the issues that matter to them the most as some vote for the first time.

Their version of “Cinderella” or “Rapunzel” could be disturbing. But turning Germany into a unified nation, they believed, ...

The font was one of the typefaces preloaded onto Windows 95—where it stuck out like a sore thumb alongside more stately ...

As the art season kicks off, the diversity of the UAE's artists and their work is showcased across Dubai and Sharjah. From ...

The much-celebrated return of Roman Dirge's unique ... There's never been a war book like this one! How could there be? There's never been a war hero like Snoopy. With verve, dash, courage ...

The Peloponnesian War by Thucydides is an awesome story about the ancient Greeks. But the story is more than a war report. It ...

Scandal and history often make great bedfellows. Downhill Demesne, an 18th-century ruined mansion on the northern coast of ...

Chief among the insights we gain from reading history is that what we read is often relevant to what we are experiencing ...

Insights Works of art are often targets for political dissent.  Thankfully, many art attacks can be painstakingly restored.  Some of these attacks are not meant to destroy but for attention.  Also: 2 ...