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Ronald Reagan Foundation Asks RNC to Stop Using Reagan's Likeness for a Trump Fundraiser

The RNC had printed a commemorative coin without receiving permission to use the 40th President’s likeness, said the Reagan Foundation's chief marketing officer.

The Justice Department Is Turning 150. Some Agency Veterans Say It Needs A Facelift

Longtime watchers in government and law said the environment today echoes the most chaotic period in the modern history of the Justice Department. Watergate.

Ancient Teeth Show History of Epidemics is Much Older than we Thought

Scientists and archaeologists now believe that the plague bacteria, which caused the medieval Black Death, infected humans roughly 5,000 years ago in the Stone Age.

Celebrating the 19th Amendment and the First Safe Haven Hostel for Women

Hotel Figueroa in Los Angeles has served as a backdrop for some of the most challenging and memorable moments in American history, a representative of both the endurance of women and the City of Angels’ entrepreneurial, creative, and resilient spirit.

When I was 12, John Lewis Talked my Mom into Letting Me March with Him

Because of Lewis, I got my first chance to protest my city’s and region’s racist policies and practices — from where we could eat, work, live, go to school, swim, party, play sports and even use the taxpayer-funded public restrooms.

As Confederate Monuments Tumble, Die-Hards Are Erecting Replacements

Groups such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans and the United Daughters of the Confederacy are organizing the pushback.

Old Jail Could Inspire Youth to Stay Out of Prison — but Only If It Survives

What better way to enshrine the lessons we’ve learned from decades of mass incarceration than by transforming the remnants of Newark’s first penitentiary into a gathering place — be it a museum or community center — that might bring about the end of a problematic legacy.

Congress Votes in Favor of Creating National Museum of the American Latino

If approved by the Senate, it would become the first Smithsonian museum specifically dedicated to the history and culture of Latinx communities.

‘Nothing About Us Without Us’: 16 Moments in the Fight for Disability Rights

The disability civil rights movement has many distinct narratives, but the prevailing themes are of community, justice and equity.

Attacked at a 1964 Civil Rights Protest, Mimi Jones, Who Died at 73, was the Subject of an Iconic Photo

“All of a sudden, the water in front of my face started to bubble up like a volcanic eruption,” she told WGBH. “I could barely breathe. It was entering my nose and my eyes.”

We’re 20 Percent of America, and We’re Still Invisible

On the 30th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act, disabled Americans are asking for true inclusion.

Philadelphia Historical Commission Votes To Remove Marconi Plaza Christopher Columbus Statue

Advocates for the statue's removal noted that Columbus has come to sybolize white supremacy, colonialism, and genocide and that there are better figures or stories that exemplify Italian American culture to celebrate.

Learning From the Kariba Dam

The history of the Kariba Dam is the story of a war over the past and the future of a river. 

Tom Cotton's Slave-Owning Ancestors

If we dig into records of slave ownership, we can see that Tom Cotton’s family owned slaves.

Benny White, Who Brought Black History to Life Leading Civil War Reenactors, Dies at 75

“He dedicated his life to it,” said his brother Marco White of Hyde Park. “Everything in his life was the 54th.”

Homeland Security Was Destined to Become a Secret Police Force

by Masha Gessen

On behalf of the D.H.S. and its uniformed services, Director Chad Wolf claimed responsibility for the armed presence in Portland. He asserted that his agency was doing exactly what it was created to do. He was right.

Sen. Tom Cotton Calls Slavery Nation’s ‘Necessary Evil’ In Shocking Interview

Slavery “was the necessary evil upon which the union was built,” the Arkansas senator said in an interview.

I Interviewed John Lewis 45 Years Ago. His Commitment To Voting Rights Never Wavered.

“It’s still a source of pain that the Voting Rights Act has not been more actively enforced,” Lewis told me in 1975, 10 years after passage of the law.

Across Virginia, Local Officials Weigh Taking Down Reminders Of Confederate Legacy

Virginia has more Confederate statues than any other state, according to Julie V. Langan, director of the Virginia Department of Historic Resources.

John Lewis Makes Final Journey Across Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma (Video)

Hundreds had gathered along the route from the church to the bridge, some traveling hours to see Lewis’s final journey, others lining up in the early morning.