American politics has long personalized its violence. Time and again, history's advance has been imagined to depend on silencing or destroying a single figure.

The murder of Charlie Kirk last week follows a litany of violent acts against political targets. Historian Jon Meacham talks ...

The nation’s long history of violence in the public realm carries many data points. It has felled presidents, presidential contenders, activists like Kirk and some of the most consequential figures in ...

Let’s be honest — there are still cities in America where Black folks don’t feel comfortable to travel. We’ve seen too much, ...

From Kirk’s assassin to school shooters, young Americans embrace political violence. It's time for bold solutions to this spiraling crisis.

In the past five years alone, public figures across the ideological spectrum have been targeted. America has seen eras of ...

Harvard faculty members Timothy McCarthy, Vincent Brown and Lisa McGirr praised Professor Dwayne Dixon after he advocated for ...

For LDS Church members, a history of persecution is newly relevant after the mass shooting and arson targeting a church in Michigan last Sunday.

Critics of President Trump said his memorandum on combatting 'domestic terrorism' is designed to justify a campaign of ...

Thomas Alter’s lawyer said the professor would seek legal action for being fired after allegedly violating university policy ...