Between 1957 and his assassination on April 4, 1968, at age 39, Martin Luther King Jr. gave 2,500 speeches, wrote sermons and ...

In “The Secret History of the Rape Kit,” Pagan Kennedy explores the tangled ... challenges — and still does. In John Dufresne’s new book, “My Darling Boy,” a retired journalist races ...

The Holyoke St. Patrick’s Committee presents the award to an American of Irish decent every year, who’s distinguished ...

Bush unkindly described it.) This time, coming from a seasoned politician with a big victory and the experience of a ...

Today’s lawmakers hailed the 39th president, but their predecessors made his four years in office a constant battle and ...

Keep your eyes open and, as in the new book “The JFK Conspiracy” by Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch, don’t let your attention split off. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was already a hero when he ran for ...

Defense Secretary Robert McNamara’s subservience to President Lyndon Johnson led America to disaster in Vietnam.

The Italian novelist, Umberto Eco once said something that I should have printed on a T-shirt, even though it would take both ...

I tried to get away from our dark political reality with Dylan and ‘yacht rock’ and more—but music movies couldn’t shield me ...

Every date, name and location we publish in this newsletter is checked and rechecked against Tribune archives and other reference materials to make sure it’s accurate. It’s a time-consuming process ...

Bestselling author Brad Meltzer will take part in the Dallas Museum of Art’s Arts and Letters Live series on Jan. 17 at 7:30 p.m. Meltzer will discuss his latest book, The JFK Conspiracy: The Secret ...

Peter S. Canellos’ new book, "The Great Dissenter," explores Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan’s bold stand against racial segregation. In this Eagle Reels interview, host Dalton Delan and Ca ...