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Struggle for justice symbolises limitations of Truth and Reconciliation Commission, whose hearings began 30 years ago ...

Sarah Isgur, author of "Last Branch Standing," on why the John Roberts' Court is functioning a lot better than both liberals ...

The promise of the women’s reservation bill should not be diluted by procedural deferrals or political trade-offs.

Lawmakers are not exempt from ethical review. While they are expected to uphold high ethical standards and integrity as ...

News, Austin American-Statesman and Houston Chronicle won the breaking news prize in the annual Best of the West journalism ...

In 1994 a North Korean official declared, during a meeting with his South Korean counterpart at the North Korean capital Panmunjom, that the South Korean capital is not far from here. In wartime Seoul ...

Stacker created a ranked list of baby names that lost the most popularity in each of the past 100 years. Consulting the ...

I was brought up in a tradition where normally things were named after national leaders posthumously, after history had time to judge and evaluate their contribution to society and to the country. For ...

February, Senior Contributor Jeff Heilman had the opportunity to visit the world’s most sung-about city—Memphis, Tennessee—to ...

I was brought up in a tradition where normally things were named after national leaders posthumously, after history had time to judge and evaluate their contribution to society and to the country. For ...

April 11 marks Buchenwald's liberation, Apollo 13 launch, Truman-MacArthur clash, and births of Parkinson, Kennedy, Stone, plus notable deaths, shaping history.