South Korean President Urges Japan to Admit Past Wrongs
SEOUL, South Korea — President Park Geun-hye of South Korea urged Japan on Sunday to have the “courage and honesty” to admit to its historical wrongdoings against Koreans and other…
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Destruction of Antiquities by ISIS Militants Is Denounced
The limestone sculptures, statues and reliefs smashed by militants in northern Iraq provided valuable historical insights into kingdoms that flourished thousands of years ago and were crucial in the formation…
Mystery Swirls as Fatal Shots Fired in Queens Echo in Italy and Beyond
For William Klinger, Queens was the dream. There, life would be free of the frustrations he had known in Italy, where a stalled academic career had left him working in…
Mystery Swirls as Fatal Shots Fired in Queens Echo in Italy and Beyond
For William Klinger, Queens was the dream. There, life would be free of the frustrations he had known in Italy, where a stalled academic career had left him working in…
These Iconic Photos Of The 1965 Selma March Give A Powerful Glimpse Of The Historic Protest
The racial tension that gripped Alabama in the 1960s resulted in some of the most iconic moments of the Civil Rights movement that have been captured and retold over time….
Why America’s Yemen policy is failing
News that the United States has suspended operations at its embassy in Yemenand reports that Houthi rebels have seized U.S. Marines’ weaponshave laid bare the failure of U.S. policy in…
How Hurricane Katrina saved some of New Orleans’ most historic art from obscurity
For much of the five years it took to restore the historic New Orleans Lakefront Airport, the only occupants with air conditioning in the dank, mold-filled wreck left by Hurricane…
War Memorial Separates Dead By Race And Divides Southern City
Along Main Street in a small South Carolina city, there is war memorial honoring fallen World War I and II soldiers, dividing them into two categories: “white” and “colored.” Welborn…
The Problem With Calling Women ‘Females’
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been immediately skeptical of men who use the word “female” to describe women. Before I was able to put my finger on…
Marcus Borg, Leading Liberal Theologian And Historical Jesus Expert, Dies At 72
(RNS) Marcus J. Borg, a prominent liberal theologian and Bible scholar who for a generation helped popularize the intense debates about the historical Jesus and the veracity and meaning of…
Winston Churchill: Why the life of Britain’s audacious leader still matters
Behind his infamously stubborn political facade, and iconic top hat and cigar, he was a Nobel Prize-winning author, flawed student, accomplished painter and devoted father and husband. January 24, the…
Flemish-style portraits question race, equality
Helfman’s subjects in the “Historical Correction” series wear the same aloof expressions of 17th-century noblemen and women in portraits commissioned from artists like Frans Hals. Light plays across their faces,…