It was a week before Thanksgiving Day in 1963. I was halfway through my shift at the punch press at Waterloo Register. A manager came up to me on the assembly line and said, “JFK was shot.”  I was 30 ...

Israel has shown excessive restraint against the Houthis. It’s time to finish them off for good.

President Trump had intensified pressure on the Justice Department in recent days, publicly demanding that top officials ...

The political theorist Corey Robin walks through the history of the Red Scare and the “fractured mirror” it is to Trump’s ...

Muhammad Ali’s refusal to sign his Vietnam-era military draft card upended the boxing champ’s life and added a powerful voice ...

Sunstein has written a new book, called “ On Liberalism ,” which is a defense of the idea of liberalism at a time when ...

UK tells Russia it risks armed conflict with Nato after Trump vows to defend Poland and Baltics - UN Security Council meets ...

According to the Tasnim news agency, the decision was prompted by the UN Security Council’s failure on September 19 to block the restoration of sanctions against Tehran under the "snapback" mechanism.

THE NFL debuts in Croke Park next week, Steelers versus Vikings. Legendary American football broadcaster Dave Zirin, in ...

The war in Ukraine grinds on, well into the third year, now punctuated by Russian drone aircraft violating Polish and ...

The central question at the heart of so much of today’s political commentary is who best represents working Americans. Once the working class was solidly Democratic. Not anymore. Why did ...