Presidents have appointed National Security Advisors since 1953. Since the 1960s, they've become increasingly powerful within the Executive Branch.

With the rise of the crowd-sourced syllabus, such as the #FergusonSyllabus or #TrumpSyllabus, the digital age has expanded the scope of online learning.

Rosa Parks shook the world of Jim Crow by refusing to give up her seat to a white man on her way home from work.

Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary and leader who dominated his small island nation's history for half a century, is dead at 90.

Given some of the campaign rhetoric, many scientists are concerned about what a new administration might mean for scientific research.

Skeptical, self-aware interaction with digital data is the critical foundation upon which democracy may be maintained, explains media scholar Alexandra Juhasz.

She’s best known as the intrepid author of Little Women, but Louisa May Alcott was once a domestic servant.

Fake news has plenty of precedents in the history of mass media, and particularly, in the history of American journalism.

Extra Credit: Our pick of stories from around the web that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.

Melania Trump, who reportedly will not immediately occupy the White House upon her husband’s inauguration, will not be your typical First Lady.