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Republicans and Democrats tend to highlight different sources of pride – a partisan divide that is not as pronounced in most other countries.

The most striking passages in Picky, a forthcoming book by the historian Helen Zoe Veit, describe the way famous 19th-century American figures ate as children. I found myself gripped with envy as I ...

Faith Karimi walked into a tiny library in Monowi, Nebraska, and froze. There, in a cardboard box, was a touchstone from her ...

Bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor won her first Olympic gold at 41. Key facts about her age, husband Nic Taylor, sons and record ...