I started teaching in 1977, and across my nearly 50 years, I noticed that students were always interested in the history of ...

The last time the Cincinnati Zoo’s hippo Fiona picked the Philadelphia Eagles to win the Super Bowl, she was correct.

Readers protest the abrupt seizure and threats to some of the nation’s most essential agencies. Also: Praise for federal ...

A South Texas mural of Space X CEO Elon Musk was vandalized as outrage grows over the billionaire’s control over the federal ...

Originally published in the Mercury's sister publication The Stranger, as part of its Love & Sex Issue.] On July 3, 1981, the ...

An expression of soft power, it provides more bang for the buck than almost any other budget item.

The State Department has eliminated references to transgender travelers from its travel advisories. The International Travel ...

A series of orders from the Trump administration have the potential to disrupt the delivery of life-saving medications to HIV ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday issued a waiver that allows the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and ...

The State Department issued a waiver for lifesaving aid, but HIV clinics remain shut and uncertainty lingers over the future of PEPFAR, which has saved 25 million lives.

Hyperallergic looks back at the visual expressions that defined the movement as Palestinians return to the devastated region after a temporary ceasefire deal.

To mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2025, which this year marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, we remember the victims, LGBTQ+ and otherwise, who were murdered by Nazis. The Soviet ...