The 50th anniversary of Lyndon Johnson's declaration of a "War on Poverty" has reignited a debate about the persistence of inequality.

The director of a new film about a football star who joined the military and was killed by friendly fire goes beyond the myths.

Half a century ago, labor activist Stan Weir identified the sources of militancy and radicalism among rank-and-file unionists.

In the face of systematic racism, the "back to Africa" ideas of Marcus Garvey struck a chord in early 20th century America.

Even as it was experiencing electoral successes, the Socialist Party was deeply divided--the First World War would be a crucial turning point.

The Populist struggle brought together Blacks with poor whites in a challenge against the Southern elite.

The U.S. government's attitude toward Islam and Muslims has always depended first and foremost on its foreign policy objectives.

Anger over the lack of that most basic necessity of life--food--was the spark for a rebellion in Tunisia that toppled a dictator and inspired people everywhere.

Race and racism has always been central to U.S. politics--and that didn't stop with the victories of the civil rights movement.

Arnie Bernstein's Swastika Nation is a vivid history of the U.S. fascist group, the German-American Bund, and its leader Fritz Kuhn.

In discussions with U.S. comrades, the Russian revolutionary Trotsky asserted the centrality of the right to self-determination.

The Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin wrote "The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism" in 1913 for Prosveshcheniye and dedicated to article to the 40th anniversary of Karl Marx's ...