The sinking of the Lisbon Maru was a tragedy that got lost in the seemingly endless loss of life that was the Pacific Theater ...

Ben Yagoda shines a torch on a fascinating cross-cultural linguistic phenomenon that, while still measured, is gradually reuniting speakers of a once-divisive common language.

Israel, confronted with the bitter consequences of October 7, has chosen to act decisively rather than passively hope for the ...

Cars made their appearance in French West Africa at the turn of the century, not so very long after they took to the road in Europe in the 1890's. In 1907 the first car in Ethiopia arrived overland ...

Time-travelling drama about the Japanese American legends of US military history.