In the Roman army, failure on the battlefield wasn’t just punished—it was paid for in blood. When a legion broke ranks or fled, commanders could order decimation, a terrifying ritual where soldiers ...

Systems built up over the last 120 years are being either eliminated or corroded at warp speed, with the implicit blessing of the US Supreme Court. At 2:33 pm Mountain Time, on February 27, 2025, ...

Last month, Google quietly killed off Google Sky Maps. But there’s still another way to virtually explore most of the solar system a la Google Maps: it’s called Google Maps in Space. Google Maps in ...

This 1491 map is the best surviving map of the world as Christopher Columbus knew it as he made his first voyage across the Atlantic. In fact, Columbus likely used a copy of it in planning his journey ...

Historian Romila Thapar expressed concerns about the decline of Jawaharlal Nehru University and other social science institutions over the past decade. She highlighted issues such as the appointment ...

Tom is a writer and music producer who is passionate about video games. He has been writing professionally for over two years. X-Men often lose their powers, creating an impact on storytelling. Loss ...

The cutting down of mature trees along an A-road has been branded “decimation of the countryside” by concerned environmentalists. “Majestic” poplars have been reduced to stumps off the A256 near ...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced sweeping tariffs for countries across the globe. Trump and supporters of these tariffs argue they are necessary to restore U.S. manufacturing, but many ...

Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky predicted that President Donald Trump's tariffs could lead to the "political decimation" of the Republican Party. Newsweek reached out to the U.S. Treasury for ...

For the employees who worked there, the weeks before the purge of the Education Department’s statistics and research arm were a blur of apprehension and confusion. Over the course of several weeks, ...

Adam Nichols is Raw Story's Editor-in-Chief. He has more than 25 years of journalism experience, which includes working for the New York Daily News, the New York Post and DNAinfo, a startup site that ...

Before the Nazis sent him to a forced labor camp, young Leo Lewis’ grandmother paid him one last visit. “I will not be here when you come back,” she told the boy, who had voluntarily handed himself ...