The fifth weekly biblical portion in Deuteronomy is Shoftim, “Judges.” The rabbis who were descendants of the ancient Pharisees viewed this portion as supporting the Pharisees’ views, rather than ...

18th Street or “Barrio 18,” is one of the most notorious and violent gangs in the Western Hemisphere. The group started back in the 1960s after Clanton 14, one of the oldest Hispanic gangs in the city ...

In 2013, historian Rhae Lynn Barnes was researching blackface in America at the Library of Congress when she encountered something strange: Various primary sources on the subject were listed as ...

Author and philosopher Albert Camus died in a car crash in 1960, aged just 46. But the existential, moral and political ...

Mary Stuart's father reportedly predicted that the Scottish throne would end with a woman. But no one could have foreseen the ...

Although undated, the archaeological context provides a reliable timeframe. Coins minted during the reign of Ottoman Sultan Murad IV (1623–1640) were found in the same room, placing their creation ...

Wade Christofferson, charged with sex crimes against children in Utah and Ohio, is a former leader of a Mormon congregation in Crystal Lake, where interviews and other accounts indicate he may have ...

As Bar Ilan University professor Joshua Berman engagingly and convincingly demonstrates in his “Echoes of Egypt” Haggadah, the process by which the Passover story took shape was as a polemic against ...

Duffin is exploring a detail very personal to her: How the number of older brothers a person has can influence their sexuality.Scientific research on sexuality has a dark history, with long-lasting ...

A look at how Mona Fastvold's "The Testament of Ann Lee" defies typical cinematic presentations of cult leaders, especially women.

The Christian communal movement has long faced accusations from former members who allege harsh discipline, forced labor and isolation from the outside world ...

Bob Power was the master engineer behind A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots and D’Angelo and he helped shape a generation of sound and soul.