Why did the working class switch sides? To find a way forward, Democrats might want to look back to when they first lost the ...

Sam Tanenhaus discusses his biography of William F. Buckley Jr. Author Sam Tanenhaus discusses his biography of William F. Buckley Jr. and responds to critics of his portrayal of the leader of the ...

Was it military pressure, economic collapse, or Reagan’s diplomacy that brought down the Soviet Union? This documentary explores the hidden story behind the end of the Cold War 58 shot, 8 dead, in ...

Long before Donald Trump became the only sitting President to ever attend the Daytona 500 twice, Ronald Reagan made history as the first active POTUS to attend a NASCAR race. Back in February, Trump ...

(RNS) — ‘Islam’s Greatest Stories of Love,’ premiering Friday (Aug. 22), seeks to better understand the wisdom in five stories of various types of love. (RNS) — In May of 2022, in the middle of her ...

Dr. James Dobson, a politically influential child psychologist who started a radio show counseling Christians on how to be good parents, founded the conservative ministry Focus on the Family and was ...

On Aug. 1, 2025, the Office of the Historian published National Security Policy, 1985–1988 Part 1, which focused on President Ronald Reagan’s pursuit of the Strategic Defense Initiative and Strategic ...

Tufts University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation US. When the Trump administration announced it was moving to eliminate dozens of U.S. climate policies, Environmental ...

WASHINGTON — For decades, Republican activists around the country could count on observing the same party tradition every year: rubber chicken breasts and a cash bar at an annual fund-raising dinner ...

A Charlottesville filmmaker’s documentary, A Bridge to Life, will air nationwide on PBS stations beginning on Sept. 1. The film, directed by Chris Farina with Rosalia Films, premiered last year at the ...

Ronald L. Brandow Nassau - Ronald L. Brandow, 67, passed away unexpectedly on August 27, 2025. Relatives and friends are invited to visit with Ronald's family from 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, September 4 ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Barbara Kates-Garnick, Tufts University (THE CONVERSATION) When the Trump ...