Search results for

After the bombings in Boston, law professor Khaled Beydoun was gripped by the fear that the culprit would be found to be an Arab or Muslim American. Since Sept. 11, 2001, he says this anxiety has become quite familiar in Arab and Muslim communities, and that has transformed the grieving process.

Americans are sorting through the week's stunning insurrection attempt at the U.S. Capitol, and what happens next. We hear voices from across the country.

American reporter Jill Carroll was set free Thursday, nearly three months after she was kidnapped in a bloody ambush that killed her translator. She said she had been treated well.

A revival of the Hammerstein-Kern classic showcases once again the rich tapestry and timeless themes of an American saga that changed the course of musical theater — and confronted audiences with painful truths about our history.

Unable to break out of the local music scene, Scottish rappers Gavin Bain and Billy Boyd adopted American accents and new identities as the rap group Silibil 'N Brains. In his book California Schemin', Bain tells the story of how an elaborate lie led to a $350,000 record deal and falling apart after five years of pretending he was someone else.

Books can change the way we think and can influence events long after they were written. The Library of Congress exhibit "Books That Shaped America" features 88 books — from Thomas Paine's Common Sense to Dr. Seuss' The Cat In The Hat — that have influenced national identity.

A huge number of adults in Europe will be obese or overweight by 2030, a study predicts. Ireland has the dubious honor of leading the way.

Two new polls show contradictions and partisan divides in the public's opinion of education.

The United States as we know it was born in a bar, according to a new history of drinking in America. Author Christine Sismondo says most of the major events of the Revolution were plotted in colonial taverns, the start of a grand old American tradition

Chef Edward Lee has cheesy ideas for olives and says noodles are best served cold. Wondering what to do with those surplus Korean spices? Lee's got you covered.