The Most Important Archaeological Discoveries of 2021, From Unknown Dead Sea Scrolls to Middle Eastern Cattle Cults
Every year, we delve back through our coverage to find the most fascinating archaeological discoveries of the year, whether by…
The U.S. Supreme Court Will Offer the Final Word in a Two-Decade Battle Over a Nazi-Looted Pissarro Painting
A two-decade-long legal battle over a painting by Camille Pissarro will be heard in the U.S. Supreme Court on January 18.…
Brice Marden, Richard Serra, and Other Artists Mounted a Private Campaign to Push the Met to Remove the Sackler Name
Last week, New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art removed the Sackler family name from seven spaces throughout the institution, marking one of the…
After a Long Political Battle, a Statue of Thomas Jefferson Housed at New York’s City Hall Will Move to a History Museum
A controversial sculpture of Thomas Jefferson is moving from the New York City Council Chamber to a new home at…
After Six Decades, Judy Chicago Is Finally Getting Her First Retrospective (and ‘The Dinner Party’ Isn’t in It)
`If there’s one takeaway from Judy Chicago’s first-ever retrospective, currently on view at the de Young Museum in San Francisco,…
A New Polish Law Will Make It Practically Impossible to Pursue Restitution Claims for Nazi-Looted Artworks
Polish President Andrzej Duda has signed a controversial law reducing the statute of limitations on all challenges to allegedly stolen property, making Nazi-looted art…
How does class impact on Australians’ love lives? New research brings a complex issue into the open
People from different class backgrounds often fall in love in books and on screen — think Sally Rooney’s Normal People,…
How Golda Meir, Israel’s ‘Iron Lady’, helped establish an independent Jewish state
This piece is part of a new series in collaboration with the ABC’s Saturday Extra program. Each week, the show…
As Part of a $4.5 Billion Oxycontin Settlement, the Sackler Family Has Promised Not to Lend Its Name to Museums for Nine Years
The highly contested Purdue Pharma settlement over the prescription painkiller OxyContin is one step closer to being finalized, as 15…
The Labor Party has long struggled over a position on Israel and Palestine. Here’s why
After the brutal conflict in Gaza flared yet again in the past month, and the end of Benyamin Netanyahu’s 12…
Israel’s new government doesn’t give Palestinians much hope. It could be time for a radical approach
Even by the standards of previous Israeli coalitions, the new government that’s just been announced includes strange bedfellows. The eight…
Israel and the Palestinians celebrate a ceasefire — but will anything change?
While details are sketchy, Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire. That is good news for everyone involved. The…
Big Names Get Behind India Farmers’ Protest As Government Silences Supporters
As hundreds of thousands of Indian farmers charge ahead with their monthslong protests of new agricultural laws on the outskirts of New…
How This Gay, Jewish Man Was Saved From the Nazis by a Muslim Woman | NowThis
‘She kept a knife under her pillow vowing to kill any Nazi who might try to come and get me.’…
Sen. John McCain, hero POW and maverick Republican, dies at age 81
Sen. John McCain, who survived nearly six years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam, succeeded Barry Goldwater to…
How did Turkey reach the brink?
A FINANCIAL crisis in Turkey is causing panic and plunges in international markets — and increasing tensions among and between…
“The America We Know Doesn’t Exist Anymore”: Fox’s Dog Whistle Becomes an Air Horn
By David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty Images. Donald Trump has always practiced a certain brand of dog-whistle politics, as embodied in his…
Stand up to the Proud-of-their-hate Boys
THE NAZIS who will try to take over the streets in Portland, Oregon, and Berkeley, California, this weekend want everyone…