The day, honored each Dec. 10, marks the anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.

Entries are now being accepted for the 2026 Maine Constitution Poster and Essay Contests. The Secretary of State’s Office ...

The 2025 revolt against process signaled the final collapse of a powerful idea that once promised to hold the country ...

For 100 years, Ireland’s Abbey Theatre has shown that a publicly funded troupe can deliver cultural riches and hard truths.

The Exodus story was a model of providential liberation and deliverance for Americans rebelling against Britain’s pharaonic ...

Myanmar's military portrays its general election as a path to democracy and peace, but the vote offers neither to a million ...

Maine students in grades K–12 can enter the 2026 Constitution poster and essay contests, with winners honored by the ...

As Bangladesh descends into an abyss of violence with radical Islamic groups running amok, one of the major political events ...

A national expert explains why there are thousands of empty spaces and why you still can't find one ...

Fifty years after the Emergency, new essays explore its complex causes and consequences. Indira Gandhi’s difficult choice ...

For a paper that still styles itself as the “newspaper of record,” that omission matters.

This decision is only one of the ways that the Court, under Chief Justice John Roberts, has been chipping away at the parts ...