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Long viewed as unjust and mercenary, the Mexican-American War allowed the U.S. to seize control of vast expanses of the Southwest, paved the way for t...

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Few Supreme Court decisions have stirred up as much controversy, vitriolic debate, and even violence as 1973’s Roe v. Wade, which affirmed a woman’...

Time magazine’s David Von Drehle and Bloomberg blogger Megan McArdle discuss Freeing the Economy i...

Though far from the fashion center of New York, Kansas City once boasted a large, vibrant garment manufacturing industry. During its heyday in the ear...

The need to understand China has never been more pressing, yet the complexity of this ever-transforming giant doesn’t make that easy. China expert...

Built in 1942 in Johnson County, Kansas, the Sunflower Ordnance Works quickly became the world’s largest producer of rocket propellant, an essentia...

Writer Norma Cantú, internationally known scholar of Latino and Chicano literature and studies, reads from her book Canicula:...

When police in Ohio raided Dollree Mapp’s home looking for evidence in a bombing, all they found were some “lascivious books.” Mapp appealed her porno...