Philanthropy is essential to making America what it is. Individuals, foundations, and businesses donate more than $360 billion annually, underwriti...

Seventy years ago, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson called the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg “the greatest tribute power ha...

Frank White was one of the Kansas City Royals’ anchors the last time they were defending World Series champions – 30 years ago. He...

Coterie Theatre artists read from favorite children's books while young audience members can “jump into the story,” adding their o...

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In the wake of the Super Tuesday primaries, the Library and the Truman Library Institute launch a new season of Dateline:...

Democrats have occupied the White House for 15 of the past 23 years, and Thomas Frank pointedly asks: What do they have to show fo...

Among the things Osama bin Laden and his lieutenants left behind when they fled Kandahar after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 was a cache...

Until the late 18th century, Shakespeare’s works were known in America only on the page – and not the stage. Felicia Hardison Londré...

Hollywood has adapted, sampled, and stolen from William Shakespeare for more than a century – seeing his works as a source of prestige as soon as the...