Throughout history, Ethiopia’s national independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, and access to the sea have been fiercely protected through the ...

Ethiopia has been shaped by the dedicated services of its remarkable sons and daughters, one of who has played a pivotal role thorough various political regimes including those of Emperor Haile ...

The Village Voice looks at "phantom utopias," lies told by today's despots to conjure memories of great autocratic times that never existed.

Why mess with perfection? From beef Bourguignon to Caesar salad, these famous recipes haven't changed much in a long time.

Italy’s traditional solution to overpopulation ... Mussolini wanted to build a new Roman Empire in Libya and Ethiopia. Image Early signs of a backlash to globalization arrived in 1999, when ...

Since officially declaring its independence from British rule on July 4, 1776, the US government has shown unrelenting commitment to making the country the wonder of the world, a dream place to be and ...

During the tail-end of the Ottoman Empire, the Harar consulate, built in 1912, was the furthest Ottoman diplomatic post before its collapse and dissolution. When Italy invaded Ethiopia between 1935 ...

The festival opens with a glorious dye-transfer original British release print of Star Wars, and will close with a pristine 35mm print of the original US pilot episode of Twin Peaks, screening for the ...

Smithsonian writer Andrew Lawler about these lesser-known histories.A transcript is below. To subscribe to “There’s More to That,” and to listen to past episodes about a baseball field resurrected in ...