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Archaeologists in Greece uncover a 7th-century B.C.E. tomb with a noblewoman buried wearing an inverted crown, symbolizing the fall of her power.

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American democracy seems to be falling into an ever-greater crisis, with public approval of our political institutions ...

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President Trump’s detractors on both sides of the Atlantic blamed him for rupturing the NATO alliance and for straying into ...

Introduction: A Nation of Promise Held Back by Its Own Failures Ghana often feels like a bright lamp hidden under a heavy cloth .

Authoritarian regimes use architecture to reshape what the public believes by saturating public spaces with political symbols ...