Any cultural critic can complain, as I did in last weekend’s column, about the lack of creativity in American popular culture ...

The Department of English Language ... of British or American literature from its beginnings. At least one course wholly devoted to works by Chaucer, Shakespeare or Milton, because their writing has ...

At the time, the Napoleonic wars were raging across Europe, and the Royal Navy had taken to seizing American sailors at sea and press-ganging them into their undermanned fleet. Already infuriated ...

News of the UCLA course has spurred worry and criticism, but its professor is unfazed. “I feel more empowered by this process,” she says.

Fortunately, history gives us a useful guide to policies that can be implemented to aid in that goal. A brief history of income ... 1942-1945 Internment of American Citizens of Japanese Origin ...

Over the last year, workers at 23 Wells Fargo branches have voted to establish a union, according to labor organizers. "We respect our employees' rights to vote for or against union representation, ...

English is one of the most ... fine resource for those interested in the history of English. … Highly recommended.’ E. L. Battistella Source: Choice ‘… a tour de force of writing … the research and ...

American Airlines has decided to extend its flight suspension to Haiti. The airline had originally planned to resume service to the capital, Port-au-Prince, in mid-February, but they have not ...

The movies mentioned here are a strong starting point for anyone who wants a unique course in American history, but a deeper dive into American cinema will paint a larger, stranger, and more ...

A History of Colombian Literature explores the genealogy of Colombian poetry ... His books include The Twentieth-Century Spanish American Novel, The Modern Latin American Novel, and The Colombian ...

From a humble first game with peach baskets and a soccer ball on this day in 1891, basketball evolved quickly into one of the world's most popular sports Eli Wizevich The U.S. Mint's American ...

"We generally think of the 1886 Benz Patent-Motorwagen as the first proper car," Tom Standage, author of "A Brief History of Motion ... Lauren loves molecules, literature, black coffee, big ...