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Catalonia Separatism Revives a Long-Dormant Spanish Nationalism

Nationalism has always been a tricky thing for Spain.

As Confederate statues come down, what about Columbus?

While historians caution against lumping in Columbus with Confederates who came three centuries later, they say Columbus’ holiday and monuments remain ripe for reassessment — whether they stay, change or vanish entirely.

Santa Claus's tomb may have been uncovered beneath Turkish church

Archaeologists say they have found almost fully intact temple and burial grounds of Saint Nicholas in Antalya.

Why a Republican strategist thinks we’re in a new Gilded Age

Everywhere he looks, Republican strategist and lobbyist Bruce Mehlman sees “eerie” parallels between the Gilded Age and today.

Sputnik I Launch: How Russia Kicked Off the Space Race with Earth's First Satellite 60 Years Ago

“The Russians have won the race. The entire world is following the satellite’s flight around the Earth,” Communist Party mouthpiece Pravda declared.

Announcing the 2017 National Book Awards Finalists!

Winners will be announced at the 68th National Book Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner on November 15. The ceremony will be streamed via Facebook Live and also available at our website.

WaPo columnist notes that there are ways the Pentagon could stop Trump from taking impulsive actions

by David Ignatius

David Ignatius cites numerous times Nixon issued orders his subordinates sabotaged.

Agent Orange is still maiming the people of Vietnam

Because the effects of the chemical are passed from one generation to the next, Agent Orange is now debilitating its third and fourth generation.

Las Vegas Is Only the Deadliest Shooting in US History Because They Don’t Count Black Lives

The black website The Root objects that the media are ignoring the long string of incidents in which blacks were slaughtered.

Should America Take Down Monuments That Romanticize Conquistadors?

“There’s a bigger issue here, and that is what it means to tell the truth about history,” says Stephanie Fryberg, a professor of American Indian Studies and Psychology at the University of Washington.

A New History of the First Peoples in the Americas

The miracle of modern genetics has revolutionized the story anthropologists tell about how humans spread out across the Earth.

Is Las Vegas the worst mass shooting in US history? It’s surprisingly complicated.

It depends on what counts as a mass shooting — and the typical definition leaves out some pretty bad attacks.

The 80th Anniversary of the Two-State Solution

In 1937, an official British report first proposed the partition of Mandate Palestine. The story behind it helps to explain why the Arab-Jewish conflict remains unresolved.

Statue’s Stolen Foot Reflects Divisions Over Symbols of Conquest

The man who said he cut off the right foot of the Don Juan de Oñate statue in Alcalde, N.M., 20 years ago, has revealed himself to a NYT reporter.

Even in Death, the Spy Kim Philby Serves the Kremlin’s Purposes

Russia is celebrating the memory of the British K.G.B. spy Kim Philby, a stalwart supporter who stood by it through thick and thin – and spent the last 25 years of his life in Moscow, often drunk and miserable but still loyal.

FEMA Chief Slammed for Calling Puerto Rico Relief Efforts the 'Most Logistically Challenging Event'

Brock Long's comments attracted scorn on Twitter, where many pointed out that the U.S. had managed many complex logistical arrangements decades before.

Why students are ignorant about the civil rights movement

The civil rights movement was once a footnote in Mississippi social studies classrooms, if it was covered at all.

Civil War, Dictatorship, 'Independentistas' and Taxes: A Short History of Catalan Secession

The roots of Catalonia's independence movement go way back, but the last few years—and weeks—have seen a rush toward the door.

Hemingway’s First Short Story Found in Key West

The untitled, previously unknown work was written by the famous author when he was 10 years old.

The Most Narcissistic Generation Was Born Between These Years

And they reject the label.