Dictators

Patrick Ball has advised nine truth commissions, four U.N. missions, and dozens of advocacy groups in more than 30 countries. And his non-profit, the Human Rights Data Analysis Group, "represents, without a doubt, the world's top people doing statistical work on human rights violations."

In a new essay collection, historian Richard J. Evans argues against the popular conception.

What you need to know about Words Will Break Cement, The Tyranny of Experts, and You Are Here: From the Compass to GPS, the History and Future of How We Find Ourselves.

New genetic analysis suggests that a deranged Romanian dictator, who relished bear hunting, flew them there.

The fancy clothes and charitable works aren't incidental: The dictator’s spouse is an important part of maintaining power.