Nina L. Khrushcheva is a professor of international affairs at The New School and the co-author (with Jeffrey Tayler) of In Putin’s Footsteps: Searching for the Soul of an Empire Across Russia’s ...

In his new book, Afro Sheen, the legendary founder of the Johnson Products Company chronicles his creation of a business empire that spanned the Jim Crow era, the Civil Rights movement and the rise of ...

is set in Empire State Plaza in Albany, a much-maligned white elephant built during the governorship of Nelson Rockefeller. The edges of the picture are cluttered with emblems of man’s achievements -- ...

The role of the first lady takes on different forms throughout history: we retrace it through historical portraits, up to the ...

Across centuries and continents, formidable fires once threatened to destroy three major cities: Rome, London and Chicago.

The unexplained appearance of a very patriotic item on an Australian street has led to an outpouring of support from ...

The Cholas were a powerful south Indian dynasty known for military conquests, grand temples and shaping global trade and ...

Jim Fisk was born in Pownal, Vermont. His father was a peddler. When Jim was eight years old his family moved to Brattleboro.

What about the courts and civil society? Trump’s attempt to repeal the 14th Amendment has been temporarily paused by a court order. The Trump administration has, at least for now, paused its plans to ...

He even re-designed its curious emblem, based on an ancient symbol for ... Germany would carve a new empire for herself in eastern Europe, a greater Germany, rising to be a world power.