Construction cranes are normally symbols of progress—but in Iran, they’ve also been used for public executions. This method, known as suspension hanging, can take minutes as the person slowly loses ...

The Second Amendment to the Constitution is a relic of a bygone era of revolution. The Founders could not have contemplated that it would apply to semiautomatic handguns. The Founders absolutely could ...

In the second season of “Sugar,” Colin Farrell’s character has to deal with life alone. At the end of the first season, it ...

The idea that octopuses might be aliens emerged from the theory of panspermia (Stelele 2018), according to which life on Earth is not entirely of terrestrial ...

From "Independence Day" to "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", movies and TV shows are packed with advice for anyone aspiring ...

A federal filing shows President Donald Trump took in nearly $1.2 billion from his crypto businesses last year, locking in ...

A new sneak peek at Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner's new graphic novel, Liberty, revisits an unsung, deeply human Revolutionary War story.

The Supreme Court rules that the 14th Amendment requires all children born within the United States to automatically qualify ...

A look back at the economic and aesthetic cross-pollination between mother country and colony 250 years after the US declared ...

The World Socialist Web Site's webinar marking the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution brought together leading historians to defend its revolutionary heritage at a moment of mounting ...