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War crimes are indefensible and war criminals must be punished to make the world safe for decent Humanity. Particularly awful  crimes are the mass murder

A journal of Art, Culture and Politics, Published by the University of Chicago

Books about World War II are ubiquitous in the nonfiction section, but "Hitler's American Gamble" is the rare recent work with a genuinely new contribution to make, not just to our understanding of the past but also to our understanding of the present.

Throughout history, young humans have endured careful moral instruction on the difference between right and wrong. Yet humanity owns a spectacular history o ...

I have been writing about my writing, or rather about the topics on which I have researched and published through the centuries. Today's topic, the

Pulitzer Prizes honor American achievements in journalism, letters and drama, and music. They are widely recognized as the most prestigious awards in their field within the United States.

Primary Trust, Eboni Booth's play that was given an Off Broadway staging by Roundabout Theatre Company, won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Drama today.

Special citations were awarded by the Pulitzer Prize Board to late hip-hop writer Greg Tate and journalists covering the war in Gaza.

Elite higher education in America — long unquestioned as globally preeminent — is facing a perfect storm.

Bradford DeLong worries that the first mover in electric vehicles - Tesla - is increasingly running on bucket-shop hype