
2026 isn’t the first time Christians have tried to claim the United States as their own
From the Civil War to the Cold War, existential fears have fueled claims that America is a Christian nation, a historian of US Christianity explains.
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From the Civil War to the Cold War, existential fears have fueled claims that America is a Christian nation, a historian of US Christianity explains.

College tuition has not significantly risen since 1990, at least compared to tuition changes over the previous decades.

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The uncertainty of Haitian TPS status in the US is a significant source of stress for Haitian migrants, particularly women.

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Hosting the FIFA World Cup games can prove a propaganda win for authoritarian nations. But the data suggests the tournament favors democracies.

Everyone knows Robin Hood – but almost no one has heard of the medieval outlaws who may have inspired stories about him.

The way a police interview is conducted affects the credibility of everything that follows in the criminal justice process.

How to place disabled people, who are some of the most vulnerable, at the centre of climate change negotiations.

Melville was 14 when her father went down with the ship in April 1912.