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A new survey of political scientists ranks the best and worst veeps of the modern era (since the 1930s)

Worst? Spiro T. Agnew

Italian paper offers readers Hitler's Mein Kampf

A rightwing Italian newspaper, owned by Silvio Berlusconi's brother, was today giving away free copies of Adolf Hitler’s anti-Semitic manifesto Mein Kampf in a move which sparked both shock and condemnation.

Why Israel is blocking access to its archives

Israel is concealing vital records to prevent darkest periods in its history from coming to light, academics say.

Pundits love to predict the parties are going extinct. They're almost always wrong.

by Seth Masket

Why? The reasons for durability come down to a mix of election laws, a form of government that favors a two-party system, the way that voters think through how they’ll vote, and the structural obstacles faced by third parties.

Henry Ford’s Campaign to Make America Great Again

In the 1924 presidential election, the most hyped candidate was an egotistical and fabulously wealthy businessman who many politicians did not believe would really run. That man was legendary carmaker Henry Ford.

South Carolina Gov. Haley vetoes proposal to move Confederate flag, museum to Charleston

She called it a “veiled attempt” to create a museum for the H.L. Hunley Confederate submarine, which is undergoing restoration in North Charleston.

A Holocaust imposter?

Pennsylvania man lied about Auschwitz imprisonment and escape, historian says.

‘Hobbit’ Ancestor Found in Indonesia

Remains of Homo floresiensis, a mysterious, pygmy like human species, were first found on the island of Flores, Indonesia, in 2003.

‘Hamilton’ Inc.: The Path to a Billion-Dollar Broadway Show

At $100 million a year, the Broadway production of the show would pass the $1 billion mark in a decade.

Gathering the Genetic Testimony of Spain’s Civil War Dead

New research by anthropologists and forensic scientists is bringing hope to the relatives of war victims as it challenges Spain’s “pact of forgetting.”

How Hawaiian Came Back From the Dead

A legacy of colonialism nearly wiped out the language and its culture. These immersion schools weren’t having it.

After almost half a century, thousands of personal items of the victims of Auschwitz, are returning to the Memorial

More than 16 thousand personal items belonging to the victims of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau returned to the Memorial after many months of searching.

43% of Britons don’t know the Battle of the Somme was in WWI

The group that expressed the least knowledge about the battle was the "baby boomer" generation, with 88 percent of those aged 55 to 64 saying they knew little or nothing about it.

First stop for Obama library archives? It's an empty furniture store in the 'burbs.

Before the doors of President Barack Obama's library open on Chicago's South Side, truckloads of White House archives will be shipped to a former furniture store in the northwest suburbs.

Obama, Acknowledging U.S. Misdeeds Abroad, Quietly Reframes American Power

It has become practically routine for President Obama, in his final year in office, to acknowledge the United States’ unsavory history in a country he was visiting.

Relics of the Reich – how Germany is dealing with the buildings left by the Nazis

Some of the rhetoric from Brexiters during the EU referendum campaign raises the spectre of an all-powerful Germany dominating a European super state with thinly veiled references to the Nazi period often part of the narrative.

Neanderthal Mutations Could Still be Affecting Humans

Breeding with Neanderthals may have had a heavy price for early humans, according to a new study published recently in the journal GENETICS.

What kind of loser will Bernie Sanders be?

by Mark McLay

He’s got three choices.

The French are coming to grips with their history as a slavery power

“Mapping Memories of Enslavement,” a project whose website has just launched, hopes to facilitate the analysis and commemoration of this history and its continuing effects.

Gender and the Presidency: A Look Through Polling History

According to Gallup's polling of the issue, in 1975, 73 percent of voters said they would support a female nominee of their own party, compared to almost a quarter - 23 percent - who said they would not. In 1969, it was 53 percent to 40 percent.