Trump’s history is off — the eagles he references are actually part of a bridge connecting Virginia and Washington that was built decades after the Civil War. The closest Washington came to an arch ...

Historians and observers have accused the Trump administration trying to rewrite American history to justify its own foreign ...

Nor, despite our warning against prediction, did we doubt it would end badly for the South. The North had factories and ...

America erased the histories of Black men like Henry Fordham, my great-great-grandfather. I was determined to find out the truth.

Dr. Zekeh Gbotokuma discusses how the 47th president's administration is distorting and dismantling Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy.

February has been set aside as Black History Month. It presents an educational opportunity that can assist in closing many ...

Ronald Reagan’s administration is often described as the first to use the unitary executive theory to expand power.

The mid-20th century had a stable political majority and an increasingly powerful presidency — and yet dodged the civil rights issue for decades. That doesn’t exactly light up a clear pathway out of ...

Today marks the 178th anniversary of our Nation’s triumph in the Mexican-American War—a legendary victory that secured the American Southwest, reasserted ...

The Jefferson Educational Society (JES) has lined up numerous events and lectures to commemorate America's 250th Anniversary. Some notable sessions, starting from Feb. 10, are based on famous figures ...

T here is no shortage of books on the period surrounding America’s civil war. Canonical classics include “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”, ...

The United States secured the third-largest territorial acquisition in its history after a U.S. diplomat defied the president who appointed him.