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Greater economic backwardness linked to increased civil unrest

Economically more backward countries are more likely to experience both violent and non-violent civil unrest, according to research by the University of East Anglia (UEA).

The Crazy Way Republicans Could Beat Donald Trump After Election Day

Something similar happened before.

Trump and Sanders Test Economic Model Predicting a G.O.P. Win

If this were anything like a normal year, the Republicans would be favored to take the White House. That, at least, is what Ray Fair’s economic model has been saying consistently since November 2014.

Recalling an Era When the Color of Your Skin Meant You Paid to Vote

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of a ruling that made the poll tax unconstitutional

Runaway slave ads are to be collected in a massive database

The project at Cornell aims to compile all North American runaway slave advertisements, never before systematically collected, into a collaborative database.

Tomb Radar: King Tut's Burial Chamber Shows Hidden Rooms

Radar scans of King Tutankhamun's burial chamber have revealed two hidden rooms, a tantalizing discovery that could resolve a mystery as old as the pyramids: What was the fate of Egypt's beautiful Queen Nefertiti?

Is Jefferson being erased from history?

by David W. Jacobs

He barely is acknowledged in the play, "Hamilton."

NYT editorial calls on Obama to reveal America’s role in the Argentine dirty war

Obama’s visiting Argentina during the 40th anniversary of the coup that led to the dirty war.

What If an Israeli National Symbol Is a Fake?

The Maadana seal was believed to date to the era of the First Temple in Jerusalem. Objects like this lent credence to Israeli claims to the Holy Land.

Historian discovers secret notes hidden in 500-year-old Bible

A historian in the U.K. has discovered secret notes hidden in the text of England’s first printed bible.

Philadelphia prepares for the opening next year of another American Revolution museum

The $119 million museum opens next April.

If somebody could have assassinated Hitler, would that have been good?

Democratic presidential front-runner discuses her stance on regime change in townhall event this week.

Hitler-inspired store pops up in Egypt capital Cairo

Store draws ire for glorifying Nazi dictator

G.O.P. Path Recalls Democrats’ Convention Disaster, in 1924

There were fistfights and major influence by the Ku Klux Klan during the party’s convention at Madison Square Garden, an existential battle over the meaning of America.

Pat Nixon predicted Donald Trump’s rise — 29 years ago

Former first lady Pat Nixon watched Trump on the “Phil Donahue Show” in December 1987. The Manhattan builder so impressed her that she told her husband.

Czech Scholars Chart the Destruction of Mosul Heritage

“We’ve found that 38 monuments have been either ruined or completely razed.”

Apple says the Founding Fathers would be ‘appalled’ with the Justice Dept. for iPhone fight

Apple argued that if the government prevails, it could force companies to do a number of other things going forward in the name of surveillance and security.

U.S. and Britain Mark Anniversary of Toast That Built Intelligence Ties

Seventy-five years after the two began a trade in top-secret information at Bletchley Park in England, their intelligence links are being questioned.

Voter anger explained—in one chart

Take a look at this single, stark chart depicting the 35-year history of U.S. employment in manufacturing industries.

The Surprising Connection between 1930s Weather and Today's Labor Unions

In a new paper by Harvard researchers the Dust Bowl droughts of the 1930s are the reason unions are concentrated in a small number of states.