As funding cuts threaten Pilsen’s murals and war destroys Ukrainian mosaics, two communities are learning what makes public art endure.

Writers often try to gild their tawdry times or dignify their flawed leaders with lofty literary analogies — notably, America as the New Jerusalem; Lincoln as Moses leading his people through the ...

At the free program "Freedom, Democracy and Human Rights," learn how the lessons of Vaclav Havel reverberate today. | Opinion ...

While Berlin basks in its well-deserved reputation as Europe’s cool capital, a new generation of Eastern European cities is ...

King spoke at Hofstra the year after he won the Nobel Peace Prize and just months after "Bloody Sunday" in Selma, Alabama.

When he spoke at Davos this week, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney referenced a 1978 essay by Vaclav Havel, written when ...

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The Opinion columnist M. Gessen examines how the president governs through spectacle, and the message his displays of force ...

Congo President Kabila assassinated; Strikes rock Spanish monarchy; French inflict heavy defeat on Viet Minh forces; Premiere ...

Born July 6, 1935 in Amdo province; proclaimed as 14th reincarnation of the Dalai Lama at age two 1950 Becomes head of state and leads negotiations with Chinese on Tibe ...

Vietnam's To Lam cementing his role as the de-facto head in the country's political system. A unanimous vote at the Communist ...

South African artist and team transform a decommissioned Soviet fighter into a massive, colorful beadwork sculpture.