The Penn Department of History is located in College Hall. Credit: Jean Park Penn’s History Department is adding a new political history concentration, giving students the opportunity to explore the ...

As a young stockbroker in New York City during the 1960s, a chance encounter with a political canvasser changed Julius "Desey" Desenberg's life. The canvasser, working for a mayoral candidate, pinned ...

The images flowing out of Los Angeles over nearly a week of protests have become the subject of a furious debate in the media and among political partisans. A national poll suggested Americans have ...