While living in New York, every time I opened my mouth, I would get the dreaded, "Where are you from?" I was aware that, at least vocally, I stuck out like a poorly placed puzzle piece. I have a ...

More than a decade ago, on the first day of a college seminar titled “The American South,” Glenda Gilmore—one of the deans of Southern history—challenged my classmates and me to define the borders of ...

‘Xi, You’re Not Welcome’: As Trump Hosts China’s Leader, Thousands Protest in Washington The term “Global South” caught the world’s attention in 2023. In China, officials have traditionally avoided ...

For more than a century, readers have been fascinated by the American South, a place where the dialects remain distinct, raconteurs abound (I’ve never met a southerner who can’t tell at least one good ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com. Are people on the South Pole walking upside down ...

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South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea, is a country in East Asia that occupies the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. The nation borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, ...

South Asians are one of the fastest growing ethnic groups in the U.S., especially in battleground states. And out of all Asian Americans groups, they are the most politically liberal. This week the ...