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Sylvia Pankhurst gave up painting to focus on suffrage and anti-colonialism activism, but she continued to use her design sense throughout her career.

Now that the DSM lists severe hoarding as a disorder apart from OCD, psychologists are asking what explains its prevalence.

Billy Sunday was a charismatic preacher who brought in thousands to his vaudeville-inspired church services.

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Fake news is spread through online communities that become echo-chambers of like-minded ideas. What's your online community like?

Well-researched stories from The Verge, Tufts Magazine, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.

Organic agriculture seems like it would be better for the environment than conventional. But a new study suggests it produces more carbon dioxide.

Woodrow Wilson's legendary support for "self-determination" is indeed just a legend.