Some of the same titles and authors the C.I.A. sent east during the Cold War, including “1984,” are now deemed objectionable ...

While it is hard to quantify the program’s effect in absolute terms, its history offers valuable lessons for today, not least ...

We’re aiming to raise $7,000 by August 10, so we can deepen our reporting on the critical stories unfolding right now: grassroots protests, immigration, politics and more.

During sweaty summer months, Abraham Lincoln often decamped about 3 miles (5 kilometers) north of the White House to the ...

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The size of the national debt has become a preoccupation across the political spectrum. Democrats have complained about the $3.4 trillion increase in the debt projected to result from President ...

Eight hundred years of financial folly,” Kenneth Rogoff and Carmen Reinhart found that over the centuries, a high public debt level has ...