Touting constitutional amendments on the campaign trail is more likely to rally voters than to produce changes in the law.

In the Great Biscuit Rebellion of 1852, University of South Carolina students threatened to leave if their demands weren’t met––and the trustees let them go.

Donald Trump’s language is eerily similar to the 1920s Ku Klux Klan—hypernationalistic and anti-immigrant.

I thought the U.S. overthrow of the Taliban would end the wars I’d seen growing up in Afghanistan. But it brought more war.

Rafsanjani, Khamenei, and the friendship-cum-rivalry that shaped a country

The president-elect and the risks of overconfidence

The country is still dangerous nearly 17 years after the U.S.-led ouster of the Taliban regime.

Empty pedestals can offer the same lessons about racism and war that the statues do.

Disaster planners have long feared that a direct hurricane hit on Miami or New York could be even more catastrophic than Harvey.