Readers of the Editorial Board are familiar with my obsession with political time—or how one party and its ideas prevail with a majority of Americans for four or five decades before falling into a ...

The 1940s were a unique time with a lot of history packed into them, and it turns out that some items from that decade are becoming more valuable today. As someone who's always curious about which old ...

I. Number of inhabitants. Total population for states, counties, and minor civil divisions; for urban and rural areas; for incorporated places; for metropolitan districts; and for census tracts.