Federal support for broadband expansion reflects the understanding that communication is as vital as roadways to the republic.

Excusing bad behavior from actors viewed as exceptional has led to supremely destructive moments in history. How'd we get from da Vinci to Hitler?

During World War I, the American Library Association built libraries on military training camps in a project that championed patriotism, literacy, and self-improvement.

As outlets that welcome rational exchanges of ideas dwindle those that serve as echo chambers are exploding. What does that mean for free speech and the health of the US?

Researchers are concerned not only with our exposure to mis- and disinformation but with the depth of confidence people have in their inaccurate beliefs.

Author of Undoing Drugs and NYT columnist Szalavitz talks history, science, media shifts, politics, and how the US might mitigate its overdose crisis.

An introduction to the histories of imperialism and the writings of those who grappled with its oppressions and legacies in the twentieth century.

Consumer debt shapes American lives so thoroughly that it seems eternal and immortal, but it’s actually relatively new to the financial world.

For many women, wearing the hijab was—and is—an element of piety, but it's been coopted into a political symbol.

Confronted with discrimination and violence, gangs evolve and serve members differently, even when patterned after existing groups.