Van Gogh was a troubled soul and master painter who relied on his emotions and color to create art that continues to attract millions of viewers.

In May 1933, Nazi-led student groups organized public burnings of "un-German" books, including those held in the library of the Institute for Sexual Science.

The complicated, ever-changing, millennia-long relationship between insects and humans.

Was sleep-preaching an ingenious way for oppressed women to subvert the social order through somniloquy?

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The founding of Walter Reed General Hospital at the beginning of the twentieth century marked a shift in medical care for military personnel and veterans.

The Toronto rapper embraces a patois-inflected “bad gal” image to tell a deeply personal story about historical violence.

A growing number of overseas Vietnamese, or Viêt Kiêu, call Ho Chi Minh City home. Why are so many emigrants and their children returning to Vietnam?

Bennie “Kid” Paret and Emile Griffith were both ready to fight, but it was unlikely either boxer was prepared for the outcome of their final bout.

Prisoners not only supported the war effort in surprising ways during World War II, they fought and died in it.