The fascist movements of 20th-century Europe had a sweeping impact around the world, in ways that still reverberate today. And travelers have an advantage when it comes to learning from this history: ...

How to revive an 18th-century upstate farmhouse without resorting to cliché? By pretending a made-up person lives there too.

What is one to make of only the second Catholic vice president in U.S. history lashing out at his own bishops?

Moments in human history are etched into the Earth. Now researchers are piecing together evidence of our impact on the planet ...

The most consequential meeting of the 20th Century may have been in December 1941, when British Prime Minister Winston ...

especially in the realm of 20th-century Europe. Following on the groundbreaking work of his mentor at the University of Wisconsin, George Mosse, Professor Rabinbach argued that Nazism was fueled ...

Nobel-winning economist Daron Acemoglu on trade wars, tech industry hubris — and how loss of faith in US institutions could spiral ...

Maurice Ravel is one of the greatest French composers who ever lived. Along with Claude Debussy, he single-handedly changed ...

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