Families fight back after learning employers collect on a loved one's death. Oct. 2, 2009— -- Life insurance used to be rather straightforward, known for offering security to loved ones in a ...

Commentator Jill Vaughan has a small farm in upstate New York. Right now, that means she's trying to hire teenagers who aren't afraid of doing real work at their summer jobs. Commentator Jill Vaughn ...

When people think of the European Middle Ages, it often brings to mind grinding poverty, superstition and darkness.

WHY Reymont rather than Hardy? Everyone is asking this question concerning the last winner of the Nobel Prize. And naturally: the pictures of peasant life given by the two have many points in common.

You may not hear the outdated term “dead peasant” insurance very often, but it describes a type of life insurance practice that is still used by corporations. Corporate-owned life insurance (COLI) is ...

THE question as to the limit which, in the interests of our States, may be set to the free commingling of various races cannot safely be dealt with by men who are moved by philanthropy alone. The ...

Lyndal Roper’s "Summer of Fire and Blood" is a profound and riveting exploration of one of the most tumultuous uprisings in early modern Europe. Published in February 2025, it offers one of the most ...

The great second-century doctor Galen was once “walking in the countryside far from any city” when, night coming on, he supped with some friendly peasants. Hungry, Galen partook of their humble meal ...

Winter in a peasant village, painted by the Limbourg brothers and published in the medieval illuminated manuscript ‘Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry.’ Pierce Archive LLC/Buyenlarge via Getty Images ...