Maps feel simple at first glance, but every now and then one forces you to pause and look again. The maps in this list play ...

If the map of de la Cosa really was created later than 1500, perhaps the true earliest map of “America” is Martin Waldseemüller's world map. Created in 1507, it is the first map to depict the Western ...

The festival, which takes place in winter and late in the award season, has, in recent years, been somewhat overshadowed by ...

Today’s debates over immigration and assimilation have their roots in patterns of settlement that go back centuries.

How does systemic racism influence migration policies, asylum systems and border enforcement?  Borders are not simply lines ...

This past week, world-renowned genocide scholar and intellectual historian Dirk Moses visited Estonia. To mark the occasion, ...

November, Politico published an article, “What the Russian Opposition Wants,” by Yulia Navalnaya. Many have already responded ...

Anna Simonyan, a twenty-year-old web and graphic designer residing in Valencia, Spain, thought she was ready to open the long ...

Was the 1521 surrender of the great Indigenous empire to the Spanish crown a triumphant conquest, an existential tragedy—or even a genocide? Generations of Mexican schoolchildren were taught the story ...

Chairs hold so much memory. High chairs and mini versions of the adult ones bring back all the joys of childhood in our homes ...

Tucked along the gentle curves of the Sandusky River in Ohio’s heartland, Tiffin is the sort of destination that makes you instinctively slow your pace – not because of traffic congestion, but because ...

Tucked away in Northern California’s Redwood National and State Parks near the humble town of Orick, this 10-mile stretch of asphalt delivers the kind of jaw-dropping, soul-stirring experience that ...