What is it like to have a radical puppet collective as a neighbor?

When you can't throw a vegetable at a rotten official, call them one.

The answer involves pseudoscience, politics, and a burglary at a windmill.

In the city of Gwangju, this food fueled a fight for freedom.

A new book examines how supernatural beliefs have often offered a voice, visibility, and vulnerabilities.

Cruel joke, power move, or both?

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

This piece of Dom Pedro I, who declared Brazil's independence, is causing controversy in two countries.

They wore pants, advocated for free love, and refused to back down.

Walter Moses Burton was born into slavery, but eventually served four terms in the Texas state senate during the progressive but brief Reconstruction period. Visiting his gravesite in Richmond, Texas, offers an important glimpse into Texas’—and the South’s—political history.

For 80 years, wieners have been an essential component of foreign policy.