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OVER THE PAST HALF-CENTURY, POLLING HAS REMADE THE ELECTORAL PROCESS. IS IT HELPING DO THE WORK OF DEMOCRACY MORE EFFECTIVELY OR ERODING IT?

Fifty years ago in the frozen mountains of Korea, the Marines endured a campaign as grueling and heroic as any in history.

It has been with us since Plymouth Colony. But that’s not why it’s an American institution.

The ten most-scandalous divorces in American history

How the discovery of a long-forgotten trunk inspired an artist to spend years recording the quiet remnants of a wrenching military career

A major new installation at the Smithsonian Institution explores the nation’s biggest and most important job.