This episode examines whether the Soviet Union fits the political definition of an empire. It analyzes the USSR as a multiethnic, centralized state exercising authority over diverse nationalities. The ...

The IS-2 heavy tank was one of the most formidable armored vehicles fielded by the Soviet Union. Armed with a powerful 122mm ...

I wrote a book about Jesse Jackson, and we became friends. The cynics didn’t get how he fused moral simplicity and political ...

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has warned that Moscow would deliver a nuclear response, should NATO countries try to supply Ukraine with atomic weapons.

Two movies about the U.S. Men's Hockey team's “Miracle on Ice” at the Lake Placid Olympics in 1980 are available on streaming ...

Everyone who witnessed it remembers where they were. The victory of the gold-medal-winning US men’s hockey team over the ...

EDITOR’S NOTE — The victory by the U.S. men’s hockey team over the heavily favored Soviet Union at the 1980 Winter Olympics ...

The Short Life and Long Legacy of Patrick Bouvier Kennedy,’ Steven Levingston tells the story of the Kennedys’ third child—his premature birth, the scramble to save him, and the media circus that ...

These MLB pre-agreements aren't just gross; they're basically lies--no money is paid now, and the team can walk away five years from now.

Winter Storm Fern will go down in the record books with a large swath of the U.S. and farm country blanketed with a foot or more of snow, ice and record-breaking cold. Eric Snodgrass, Nutrien Ag ...

A judge dismissed ICE's case against Carlitos Ricardo Parias, but despite that (and being shot) he's still in detention since October.