The last clause of the First Amendment guarantees the right to "petition the Government for a redress of grievances." Where did this idea come from?

Jimmie Durham’s first North American retrospective opens at The Hammer Museum this month. Learn about his art, performance, and undying need to interrupt.

Pet are a relatively recent invention. In the 18th and 19th centuries, pethood arose in the split between farm animals and home animals.

In recent years, activists in cities across the country have repeatedly clashed with municipal officials over anti-vagrancy laws.

George Orwell's dystopian novel 1984 finds itself at the top of the best-seller lists this week, the first of Trump's presidency.

With 90 years of New Yorker cartoons, readers learn much about changing trends in political and social history, all while celebrating through laughter.

Teen magazines put girls in charge by inverting the male gaze

Apparently humans have a new internal organ. How can this be, and what does this "new organ" do?

Dying may seem like a straightforward business, but there are almost as many ways to approach the end of life as there are to approach life itself.

In the 1920s, during what historians call the KKK's “second wave,” Klan members served in all levels of American government.