Alexander von Humboldt was, in his time, one of the most interesting men in the world. The 19th-century explorer and naturalist climbed volcanoes...

Winston Churchill wasn’t overtly religious. But he subscribed to divine destiny, telling a classmate at age 16 that he foresaw a day when “London w...

Stephen Locke and Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg find beauty in bad weather – in thunderstorms and tornadoes, wall clouds...

Everyone is susceptible to implicit bias – unconscious attitudes or stereotypes that affect judgments about others based on their race, ethnicity,...

The Library continues its 10th season of Script-in-Hand performances and more than six months of special programming surrounding o...

When The Washington Post asked 162 political science scholars earlier this year which American president should be added to Mount Rushmore...

Award-winning writer, critic, and editor John Freeman launched the year’s most anticipated literary magazine, the biannual Freeman’s, in S...

Beset by sex crimes and cover-ups, financial scandal, declining membership, and the stunning resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, the Catholic Church...

It is one of the world’s most iconic images: a nude man, arms and legs outstretched, inside a square within a circle. Vitruvian Man – completed by...

Guido Ruggiero underscored his position as one of the world’s leading authorities on the Italian Renaissance with his most recent...