Gabriel Winant is an Associate Professor of History and the College.

Athens awoke to the rumble of tanks and the chilling radio announcement of a military coup. As seven-year-old Alexandros Georgiou marveled at a passing M-48 tank, unaware of the unfolding tragedy, ...

A conversation with Greg Grandin about his groundbreaking new book America, América: A New History of the New World.

Birthright citizenship represents the best of America: a clear, principled rule that has served us well for over 150 years.

As Western values—democracy, free-market capitalism, international law—melt away like ice cream in the summer sun, the media ...

This Saturday falls on April 19, the day that colonial Americans confronted British regulars at Lexington Green and Concord ...

As we all know, "American Idol" has its contestants put their own spin on covers of famous songs. But this week, the standout auditions were arrangements we'd never heard before. The lack of a ...

Yet an even more important ally is the American people. The American people have for many decades given us great gifts — ...

Fifty dollars for STEM, five cents for citizenship—that’s how America apportions its education dollars. Our beleaguered ...

University of Virginia professor John Owen IV is the winner of the University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for World Order for his book, "Ecology of Nations: American Democracy in a Fragile World ...

As someone who is skeptical of most beers, the annual Athens Beer Fest on Sunday ... The booth was also sampling “Poppy’s Pils,” a light, American Pilsner with a crisp refreshing finish ...

No matter your political or religious choices, you must realize that our current American democracy is being dismantled before our eyes. Daily, we are experiencing the chipping away at the ...