November 2000

It has been with us since Plymouth Colony. But that’s not why it’s an American institution.

The Ten Most Scandalous Divorces in American History

How the discovery of a long-forgotten trunk inspired an artist to spend years recording the quiet remnants of a wrenching military career.

A major new installation at the Smithsonian Institution explores the nation’s biggest and most important job

OVER THE PAST HALF-CENTURY, POLLING HAS REMADE THE ELECTORAL PROCESS. IS IT HELPING DO THE WORK OF DEMOCRACY MORE EFFECTIVELY—OR ERODING IT?

Fifty years ago in the frozen mountains of Korea, the Marines endured a campaign as grueling and heroic as any in history