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Balding has been the constant scourge of man since the beginning of time, and for millennia, our best solution was the comb-over.

Why the American war was destined for catastrophe and tragedy from the start.

The importance of an unambiguous report that cannot be weaponized by Trump supporters.

The scholar has changed the way Black authors get read and the way Black history gets told.

After abandoning its working-class roots, the news business is in a death spiral as ordinary Americans reject it in growing numbers.

Why can’t America see that?

For decades, America’s governing elite caricatured sensible restraint in order to pursue geopolitical dominance and endless wars. At last the folly may be over.

College student essays from 1961 underscore why our current trajectory could be devastating.

Efforts to clamp down on White House leaks to the press follow a pattern that was set during the Nixon era after the publication of the Pentagon Papers.

Bringing to light the kinship among American wars—and, by extension, their true significance—requires situating them in a single historical framework.

Because of consistent government intervention in the industry, we might call fast food the quintessential cuisine of global capitalism.

A new book shows just how porous the dividing line has been between the far right and mainstream conservatism.

The film “deliberately maligned the upper class,” according to a report that didn’t like the portrayal of Mr. Potter as a bad guy.

While he opposed slavery and southern secession early in his career, as president Andrew Johnson turned out to be an unsightly bigot.

The Age of Revolution inaugurated a new era in modern history defined not only by new democratic institutions but also by despots and charismatic leaders.

A new behind-the-scenes book, “There She Was,” and a Smithsonian collecting initiative celebrate the pageant’s centennial.

The ambitious Times endeavor reveals the difficulties that greet a journalistic project when it aspires to shift a founding narrative of the past.

The former Republican leader played a key role in the Americans With Disabilities Act but stuck with the GOP as the party turned its back on the law.

There are important differences between Xi Jinping’s China and the Soviet Union, but the Cold War still offers clear strategic guidance for the U.S.

"What the Catholic church wanted us to understand about women and anger—that we simply didn’t experience it—backfired spectacularly."