Russian President Vladimir Putin has said D-Day ‘was not a game changer’ in World War II – and Soviet media delivered that message starting the day after the invasion.
Immigrant children at Ellis Island in New York, 1908.
National Archives/Wikimedia Commons
May 2024 marks the 100th anniversary of the Immigration Act of 1924, which sharply cut the number of people allowed into the US.
Minnesota has elections for Supreme Court justices, who serve in this building, but the governor appoints almost every one of them instead.
Dennis Macdonald/Photodisc/Getty Images
In two states with judicial elections − Georgia and Minnesota − nearly every justice steps down midterm, allowing the governor to appoint a successor instead of the state holding an open election.
Activists with Jewish Voice for Peace gather to protest the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and chain themselves to the fence outside the White House on Dec. 11, 2023.
AP Photo/Susan Walsh
Jewish activists have been central to protests against how Israel is conducting the war with Hamas, and not just on campuses – the movement goes back decades.
Asian American studies courses are beginning to draw from more disciplines.
gahsoon/E+ via Getty Images
The law forcing TikTok to be sold or banned is meant to protect Americans from Chinese government influence and privacy intrusions. But does it undermine a bedrock American principle?
Mercedes employees rally for union support in Alabama on May 5, 2024.
AP Photo/Kim Chandler
Deifying the composer and his work only serves to reinforce America’s white patriarchy at the expense of countless others who were no less great.
Hurricane Idalia neared the Florida coast at the same time Hurricane Franklin, with a clearer eye wall, churned in the Atlantic on Aug. 29, 2023.
NASA via Wikimedia
Student-led protests in response to US engagement in the Vietnam War mounted in the 1960s and led to a group called the Weather Underground that believed in direct confrontation with the state.
In 2022, passengers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport left behind $29,320.40 at security checkpoints.
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images
In the 20th century, an engineer from Philadelphia encouraged others to create their own Mary gardens and established a company that sold seeds with Marian plant names.
Community colleges struggled with enrollment drops during the pandemic.
FG Trade via Getty Images
One community college created a science pathway program that boasts a 100% employment rate for graduates.
A man with a child shows his identification to police officers at a checkpoint in Honduras as migrants attempt to reach the U.S.
Photo by WendelPhoto by WENDELL ESCOTO/AFP via Getty Images
New research challenges the conventional wisdom that those who enjoy some form of employment and strong support networks are more inclined to attach themselves to a set geography.
AI chatbots are butting into human spaces.
gmast3r/iStock via Getty Images
Alcohol is responsible for more deaths than overdoses from opioids and all other substances combined, yet less than 10% of people with alcohol use disorder receive treatment.
Iran’s president, Ebrahim Raisi, is reported by state media to have died following a helicopter crash.
Iranian Presidency Office via AP
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced a five day period of mourning following the discovery of wreckage on hillside.
Graduates toss their caps into the air at the conclusion of the 2022 Dana Hills High School graduation ceremony in Dana Hills, Calif.
Leonard Ortiz/Orange County Register via Getty Images
For Brits, ‘Pomp and Circumstance’ evokes nostalgia for a vanished, golden age. But Americans experience it as a stirring sendoff into a hopeful future.
Prime Minister Robert Fico’s shooting sent shock waves through Slovakia.
Zuzana Gogova/Getty Images