How did Germany shift from a liberalizing state to a Nazi dictatorship? This video distills Hitler’s rise into six forces: (1) a fatally weak Weimar Republic born of defeat—humiliation, reparations, ...

Thomas Mann openly converted from a chauvinistic rejection of all politics in Reflections of a Nonpolitical Man (1918) to ...

We've seen this exact scenario play out on the international news a thousand times before. Some populist despot on a power binge locks down the Capitol ...

With the White House in the distance, members of the South Carolina National Guard patrol Lafayette Park in Washington, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. [AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.] US President Donald Trump ...