The celebration of the Declaration of Independence's semiquincentennial is a chance to broaden the historical narrative to ...

France was the powerhouse of Europe. It had the continent’s biggest population, a large overseas empire and had become the ...

The English word "picnic" comes from the French "pique-nique," already in use in France by the 1600s and said to refer to a group of people getting together for an informal meal and each bringing a ...

Solidarity's introduction to Alexandra Kollontai's "Workers Opposition". Content warning: some archaic language. Libcom note: ...

Churchill called the last volume of his World War II chronicle Triumph and Tragedy. He had held the West together not only by his fierce commitment to fight the tyrant to the death, but also by making ...

With over 8 billion people spread across the Earth's nearly 25 million square miles of habitable land, proving one's identity ...

The F word makes its debut at the lexicon of presidential press conferences The USA was compelled to detonate uranium and ...

However, even before the Islamic Revolution, the Shah's grip on power was unsteady. The White Palace of the Shah of Iran at Saadabad, Tehran, in 1953. AP ...

More than 100 objects connected to the French emperor just sold at auction. The collection sheds light on the man and the ...

The Investor Revolution Shareholders are getting serious about sustainability. by Robert G. Eccles and Svetlana Klimenko From the Magazine (May–June 2019) ...

Photos show what life was like in Iran before the Islamic revolution changed everything. From 1941 to 1979, Iran was ruled by King Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah.