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Kevin M. Schultz is Chair of the Department of History at the University of Illinois Chicago, where he specialises in 20th- and 21st-century American history. In Why Everyone Hates White Liberals (Including White Liberals), he explores how the word liberal – and particularly its variant white liberal – became a…

President Donald Trump’s push to rename the Department of Defense goes beyond subjective word choices about what to call the military agency

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With the summit venue yet to be announced, all eyes are on where the two presidents could meet

Descendants of Japanese internees warn that Trump’s revival of the Alien Enemies Act could open the door to new abuses

It has happened before: an upset victory by a Democratic Socialist in an important primary election after an extraordinary grassroots campaign.

The U.S. is sitting on an enormous pile of gold,  and pretending it’s worth $11 billion. As America’s debt explodes and credibility cracks, a century-old trick might be back on the table: reprice the gold, fix the balance sheet, and pray the world buys it.

Actor George Takei, famous for his role in the ‘Star Trek’ franchise, says the Trump administration's push to deport undocumented immigrants echoes the World War II mass incarceration of Japanese Americans.

Ask someone what a calling is, and they’ll probably say something like “doing work you love.” But as a management professor who has spent two decades researching the history and impact of calling, I’ve found it’s much more than personal fulfillment.