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An American Tragedy (Little, Brown) by James Patterson and Vicky Ward, out July 14, tells the story of the college murders that took place in Moscow, Idaho in November 2022. As the title suggests, the ...
Yet men in American uniforms slaughtered the civilians of My Lai. and in so doing humiliated the U.S. and called in question the U.S. mission in Viet Nam in a way that all the antiwar protesters ...
An American Tragedy unreels as an ordinary program effort with an unhappy ending. Its relations to the book [by Theodore Dreiser] upon which it is based are decidedly strained. As Von Sternberg ...
At least 27 died in one of the worst disasters ever for summer camps. The tragedy shines a spotlight on America's camps and whether they're safe.
Contentious political factions are nothing new in the United States. John Adams once wrote that during the American Revolution, the country was roughly divided into three groups – those who were ...
For the American middle, Trump’s conviction is the culmination of bad things.
Brian VanDeMark begins his book “Kent State: An American Tragedy” by sitting down with Matt McManus, who was a platoon sergeant in the Ohio Army National Guard on May 4, 1970. It’s an ...
Malcolm X’s 1965 assassination remains an American tragedy, one which reflects the ongoing struggle to achieve Black dignity and citizenship, even for historical icons such as Malcolm.
No one knew Hip-Hop enough to imagine it would one day become one of the most dangerous professions in America.
Almost by default, filmmakers typically take a wide lens to historical moments like the 1955 lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till. In reaching for a defining chapter of America, it's natural for a ...
In Theodore Dreiser ’s novel “An American Tragedy” (1925), one of the characters tells the hapless protagonist, “Time, which sees all things, has found you out.” We can now say the same ...