The Second Amendment has long been considered controversial — and its history is just as problematic.

James Marcus reviews Walter Mosley's novel "A Little Yellow Dog".

The American Civil War — then and now: A reflection 50 years after Martin Luther King’s death.

The racist renegade rancher waxes enthusiastic about "the Spanish people" and rails against "minorities"

Well-intended forgiveness has been seized on by the media and those in power as an excuse to ignore white supremacy

Modern law scoffs at the suggestion that animals have legal rights. That wasn't always the case

Historian Charles B. Dew dives deep into his memoir of his Jim Crow South childhood, "The Making of a Racist"

Haven't white Southerners suffered enough? Anyway, slavery is irrelevant to the plot (and geography) of "Cold Mountain." Readers respond to Stephanie Zacharek's review.

Our economic system, patriarchy, and violence against women are not separable phenomena

"I've always wanted to get the real Purple Heart. This was much easier," Trump said after a man handed him his

Feeling discontent? You too could fall for NXIVM since "the human mind is much more fragile than we like to believe"

Somewhere between "Dirty Mind" and "Little Red Corvette," Prince's on-screen persona finally clicked

A new reality show depicts an Oakland, Calif., medical marijuana clinic as just another small business

Betty DiMello has the episode's best lines, but we're still waiting for heat between Masters and Johnson