The world is on the edge of a catastrophe, but the U.S. is whistling blithely down the path of nuclear destruction it has helped to pave.
The body was designed, at least in part, to limit foreign influence in our elections. Trump's victory proves it's outlived its usefulness.
An injured protester loses four fingers as police swoop in to stop protesters from breaching the French National Assembly's exterior.
Many in the U.S. put a sentimental gloss on World War II, turning a blind eye to its complexity, savagery and dubious legacies.
"The Sopranos Sessions" co-author Matt Zoller Seitz examines the series' remarkable prescience and America's greater war on culture.
Global events and FDR whittled down 1930s opposition to intervention in Europe and steered the nation into World War II.
The Gilets Jaunes movement in France is having a major impact and gaining international attention as it spreads to other nations.
As people in France protest high costs of living, some worry that violence has obscured the movement's message.
Forget Robert Mueller and the collusion probe. Only civil disobedience on a scale previously unimagined can effect real change.
More rounds of protests are in the works, and many believe a “social explosion” is on the horizon that ranges far beyond France's borders.
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