In 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt made Columbus Day a federal holiday at the urging of prominent Italian American ...

You’ve reached your account maximum for followed topics. John Ford is known as a Western legend who was an essential pioneer of the genre, directing masterpieces such as The Searchers ...

After he was forced off the German stage in 1934 by antisemitic hecklers, Leo Reuss found a daring way to hide in plain sight ...

But instead of simply finding inspiration for his adventurous writing, he winds up broke and working as a stuntman in B-movie westerns. Though it did not do well on its initial release ...

Christie's has announced the sale of Ed Ruscha's Standard Station, Ten-Cent Western Being Torn in Half. It will headline the ...

A federal judge has rejected a Pittsburgh newspaper publisher's claims that the National Labor Relations Board's structure is ...

Astronomers and skywatchers captured spectacular images of the naked-eye comet making its first appearance in 80,000 years.

Having the two holidays on the same day is an uneasy pairing, as they originate from opposite historical vantage points.

The web’s biggest AI-powered search engines are featuring the widely debunked idea that white people are genetically superior ...

Ray was born Feb. 28, 1937, to Dr. Wade John Najem and Mrs. Anne ... class reunions and other alumni events. Ray attended Western Reserve University, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a ...

The contrast between Japan's situation in 1931 and 1937 can be explained in one word -- Manchukuo ... unmistakable moves in the direction of Siberia and Mongolia. That the Western world would do ...

We in India give too much importance to western recognition. It is time we institute our own global prizes, and objectively ...