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Charlottesville judge orders shrouds removed from Confederate statues

A judge in Charlottesville ruled Tuesday that local officials must take down the black shrouds covering two Confederate monuments while a lawsuit continues over the city’s plan to permanently remove the controversial statues.

Most Trust Museums as Sources of Historical Information

by John Dichtl

"We found that 81% of respondents ranked history museums and historic sites as “absolutely” or “somewhat” trustworthy—making them more trustworthy than history textbooks and nonfiction, high school history teachers, and the internet as sources of history information."

Wakanda and the dream of a black homeland

"Black Panther” taps into a centuries-old dream of an independent, prosperous black nation.

A gunmaker once tried to reform itself. The NRA nearly destroyed it.

In 2001, a little more than a year after cutting a gun-control deal with the US government, the British conglomerate that owned Smith & Wesson sold it at a dramatic loss.

Neanderthals, the World’s First Misunderstood Artists

It’s long been an insult to be called a Neanderthal. But the more these elusive, vanished people have been studied, the more respect they’ve gained among scientists.

Republican Congressman Thinks Jews Died In Holocaust Because They Had No Guns

Donald Young, who is also a member of the NRA’s board, made the comment during a conference in Juneau last week in response to a question from Dimitri Shein, the Democrat candidate who plans to run against him.

Report: Anti-Semitic incidents soar by 57 percent in 2017

The Anti-Defamation League is reporting a 57 percent increase in anti-Semitic incidents in the U.S. last year, the highest tally that the Jewish civil rights group has counted in more than two decades.

Harper Lee’s Will, Unsealed, Adds Only More Mystery to Her Life

In a will the she signed days before she died, Ms. Lee assigned her literary assets to a trust.

The names of Mexican farm workers killed 70 years ago in a plane crash have finally been found

When the radio described the dead as nameless ‘deportees’, Woody Guthrie wrote a song about them.

'Hitler bell' to remain in German church as a memorial

A village in Germany has voted to keep a controversial church bell embossed with a swastika and the words "All for the Fatherland - Adolf Hitler."

50 years after Kerner Commission report inequality persists

Barriers to equality pose threats to democracy in the U.S. as the country remains segregated along racial lines and child poverty worsens, according to a new study that examines the nation 50 years after the release of the landmark 1968 Kerner Report.

SC governor candidate's ancestor owned dozens of slaves. She says she didn't know.

A candidate for S.C. governor, who has spoken fondly of the Confederacy, Catherine Templeton says she was unaware her ancestor owned dozens of slaves at the time of the Civil War.

Greece: Subway Construction Unearths Ancient Aphrodite Statue and Stunning Mosaic Floors

A headless statue of Aphrodite was discovered during subway work in the Greek port city of Thessaloniki, which have been ongoing amid metro construction lasting more than a decade.

National Women's History Month: What is it, when did it begin, who is being honored this year?

The 2018 theme is “Nevertheless, She Persisted: Honoring Women Who Fight All Forms of Discrimination against Women.” It’s a jab at Mitch McConnell’s put down of Elizabeth Warren.

This Isn’t the First Time Conspiracy Theorists Have Accused Student Activists of Being ‘Paid Actors’

Raymond Arsenault, a civil rights historian and author of Freedom Riders, says that in 1960, white supremacists started to lean into this technique of discrediting student activists by linking their actions to Northern interference.

The fascist movement that has brought Mussolini back to the mainstream

Italy’s CasaPound has been central to normalising fascism again in the country of its birth. Now they’re trying to enter parliament.

Arizona Republicans Inject Schools of Conservative Thought Into State Universities

Around the country, Republican legislatures have been taking a greater interest in the affairs of their state universities to counteract what they see as excessive liberalism on campus.

Pulling Back the Curtain on Industrial Toxins

The Mailman School launches the world's largest searchable database of internal corporate documents on industrial pollutants: ToxicDocs.

Did Abraham Lincoln sleep here?

Visitors to a small log cabin in Kentucky are right to ask: Is it true that Abraham Lincoln slept here?

University of South Carolina unveils statue of first black professor

The nine-foot bronze statue of Richard Greener between the University of South Carolina's library and student union is meant to inspire the nearly 34,000 students and 1,500 faculty on campus.