A riveting new book brings the 19th century activist to extraordinary life

In Chicago, both Addams and Obama struggled to balance conflicting demands of individualism & community assistance

A noted historian offers a substantial contribution in a less than crowded field.

Takes a lot to be the voice on the New York Times op-ed page most consistently wrong about war in the Middle East!

One of the top prizes in the world is as interesting as the man who invented it

A progressive era saved us from the robber barons and it can save us now, argues the former secretary of labor

From Jan. 6 rioters to the West Bank, the poisonous distortion of scripture is fueling conflict. We can stop it

Against the bubblegum sexuality of our pop cultural landscape, there's something refreshingly defiant about Goth

The president's selection as Peace Prize winner is well within the rules laid out by Alfred Nobel in his will

Revisiting the racist history behind Thanksgiving

Salon speaks to a historian about the Princeton protests and the U.S. president's views and actions around race