Politics Nov 12

As many people in the country breathlessly checked the latest polling numbers ahead of Tuesday’s election, Allan Lichtman, a history professor at American University, had already predicted the outcome with an entirely different system. Lichtman uses a series of 13…

Arts Nov 11

Leonard Cohen's songs on love, spirituality, human connection and mortality marked some of the most important moments in contemporary music.

Politics Nov 08

Visitors flocked to Anthony's grave in Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York, on Tuesday, leaving hundreds of "I Voted" stickers behind in a tribute to the women's suffrage leader.

Arts Nov 06

Photographer B.A. Van Sise, himself a descendant of Walt Whitman, has set out to create a portrait of his legacy.

Nation Oct 23

Recent legal victories have spurred people around the country who are now planning to change their legal gender to nonbinary.

Arts Oct 08

A photographer documented stories of fatherhood from East New York, Brooklyn, where about one-third of residents live below the poverty line.

Arts Oct 02

To talk to Mary Reid Kelley, a newly-named MacArthur genius, is to walk with her through history.

Nation Oct 01

The videos -- one from a cell phone, and another from a surveillance camera at a nearby taco shop -- show the encounter between Alfred Olango and El Cajon police.

Nation Sep 24

The authorities arrested Arcan Cetin in Oak Harbor, Washington, on Saturday night, after Island County Sheriff's Lt. Mike Hawley recognized the suspect while on patrol.

Health Sep 18

Psychiatric beds have been a disappearing resource for suicidal patients in recent years.