Gary Alan Fine, a Northwestern University sociologist who has studied a variety of recreational activities, wrote in his book ...

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While Erdoğan consolidates power at home and prepares to project it abroad, he has set the stage for a clash with Israel.

The United States could still prevail if it does everything right. The problem is that the Trump administration is doing ...

By seeking to “liberate” Germans from a globalized world order, the Nazi government sent the national economy careening ...

For years, millions of people traveled through Central America north to the United States. Now that flow is changing ...

Federal workers are accustomed to the quadrennial ebb and flow of agency leadership and the accompanying shifts in priorities ...

Yes, the U.S. has the larger consumer economy. No, that won’t be enough to avoid major (and majorly self-inflicted) pain.

As Donald Trump nears the end of his first 100 days in office, his administration continues to take aim at many American ...

As grandparents take on more caregiving, their relationships with both their kids and their grandkids may start to look ...

Republicans are considering a tax hike on the wealthy, and Grover Norquist is beside himself. “It’s an incredibly destructive ...

One of the rarest and most exhilarating types of horror films is what I call the switch-flip, in which a straightforward ...