This article appears in the October 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. What is it about the faces on these pages that we find so intriguing? Is it simply that their features disrupt our ...

They rally behind symbols of America’s foreign enemies, like the German National Socialist Party or Putin’s Russia, and American traitors like the Confederate States of America. Their foreign ...

Although the Juneteenth flag didn't arrive until 132 years after Black Americans gained their freedom ... there are three ...

Marriage and children were part of the national agenda ... as they toiled in drab factories while their children were placed in cold, anonymous day care centers. In contrast to the "evils ...

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent and its observance lasts for 40 days. Here's what to know about the Christian tradition.