Mongolian shamans beat wicker drums to summon ancestral spirits. A Peruvian man in a headdress unleashes a piercing ululation ...

This video follows the uneasy shift from miasma fear to proven germ theory, and how that scientific breakthrough collided with a plumbing craze that cities were not ready for. As clean water surged ...

President Donald Trump amplified the unsubstantiated claim that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz ordered a state lawmaker’s assassination. In June, a gunman attacked Minnesota lawmakers, shooting and killing ...

A view of Mount Auburn Cemetery, painted by Thomas Chambers. The grounds were modeled after English gardens and European garden cemeteries like the Parisian Père Lachaise, designed in 1804. (Courtesy ...

“In 2026, the most pressing question will not be ‘What is true?’ but ‘Why is this story resonating right now and for whom?'” For years, journalism has treated misinformation as a truth problem. A ...

To hear President Trump tell it, the late 1800s, i.e. the Gilded Age, were a period of unparalleled wealth and prosperity in the U.S. But this era was also marked by corruption and wealth inequality.