Ambrose Bierce's 1890 short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" is one of the most famous in all of American literature. The story follows a wealthy slave owner about to be hanged during the ...

Sahra Wagenknecht, a longtime icon of hard-left politics in Germany, is stepping down as co-leader of the populist party she founded only last year. On Monday, Wagenknecht, who started out in politics ...

Sahra Wagenknecht is leaving her role as leader of the party named after her, the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), with MEP Fabio de Masi replacing her. DW has more ...

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. From the founding of our Republic, English has been used as our national language. Our Nation’s historic governing documents, including the Declaration of Independence ...

An Oct. 3 article was an important survey of challenges facing the liberal arts in Minnesota. But from our perspectives as the chair of the English department, past English chair, and assistant dean ...

A new book collects paintings and photos of some of the most familiar names in English literary history. Beatrix Potter painted by Delmar Banner, 1938.Credit...Delmar Banner/National Portrait Gallery ...

Literature hews to standards outside of the democratic logic. A canonical work does not attain that status by majority consent. Claims of merit do not require a reader’s consent to be authoritative.

BERLIN, March 13 (Reuters) - Germany's constitutional court on Thursday dismissed a complaint by the leftist Sarah Wagenknecht Alliance seeking to legally challenge the results of the national ...

Born in 1359, Owain was the last native Welshman to hold the title Prince of Wales and fought for 15 years against English rule. He led successful sieges and battlefield victories to establish an ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Saturday making English the official language of the United States — the first time in the country’s history that it will have a federally ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an executive order designating English as the official language of the U.S., the first time in American history such a designation has been made.

A few months after its founding, the Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) has achieved double-digit election results in three East German state elections—a result exceeding that achieved by any other new ...