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How humans have acquired, used, and assigned cultural value to spices, from sage to cinnamon, chili pepper to salt.

Fundamentalism, which shifts the balance between authority structures and the indescribable divine, emerged after medieval society gave way to the modern.

Wartime production led directly to environmental and social injustices, polluting land and bodies in ways that continue to shape public policy and race relations.

Legend has it that the campaign to save abused children in New York was driven by the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The truth is more complicated.

Explore US history with these maps of national parks, folklore, 1930s Greyhound bus routes, and more!

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women honors three sisters who were murdered by the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic.

From Lil Nas X to Valerie June to Darius Rucker, Black musicians are staking their claim in country music. Francesca T. Royster explains.

According to some political scientists, it's more about group identity than personal interests.

What are red flag laws? Could they have prevented the killing at Club Q?