The rights of Americans to self-determine how to educate their children — a hotly contested matter that stretches back to at ...

A US Senator wants to replace Andrew Jackson, who kept scores of slaves at his Tennessee plantation, on the front of the $20 ...

The President's executive order on "restoring truth and sanity to American history" calls on the Department of the Interior ...

President Trump has ordered monuments removed or changed for "ideological" reasons to be restored. How will this affect ...

With grace, humility, and conviction Sherrilyn Ifill reminds us that there is always good work to be done—and that, in fact, we are the ones who must do it.

Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. Elsewhere in the country, parts of the rebel army ...

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As two recent books show, free speech protections were forged a century ago by people who fought for the rights of activists.

Since the onset of the conflict in 2011, the economic situation in Syria has sharply deteriorated. More than 90% of the Syrian population 1 is now living below the poverty line. During the conflict, ...

The White House cited national security concerns for an executive order that represents a major expansion of its efforts to shrink the government.