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Debunking Viral Story, Art Historian Says ‘Allah’ Does Not Appear on Ancient Viking Garment

Archaeologists and art historians find themselves embroiled in a white supremacist debate.

Will Trump Be Remembered as the Worst President in History? Almost Half Think So

According to a Marist poll released on Thursday, 42 percent believe Trump’s legacy will be as one of the country’s worst leaders.

Thank This Man For Your Last-Minute Halloween Costume

His name was Ben Cooper and he created the market for licensed Halloween costumes.

Letters from young Obama show a man trying to find his way

Written in the 1980s, the letters give a peek into Obama’s psyche as he sought out the path that would eventually land him in the White House as the United States’ first black president.

Nazis in America: Richard Spencer's Visit to Florida Targets Jewish and Hispanic Students, Professors Say

“When I hear Spencer saying, ‘For us, it is to conquer or it is to die,’ I hear echoes of [Hitler].”

Documents: U.S. Embassy Tracked Indonesia Mass Murder 1965

Newly declassified US embassy Jakarta files detail army killings and US support for quashing leftist labor movement.

Tufts Project Maps The Landmarks Of Black Boston

The Tufts Center for the Study of Race and Democracy, together with the Tufts Data Lab, embarked on a mission to document significant sites that reflect local African-American history.

Asp – or ash? Climate historians link Cleopatra's demise to volcanic eruption

Study of ice-core records and Ancient Egyptian documents suggests environmental forces helped seal the last Ptolemaic ruler’s fate in 30BC.

The JFK Document Dump Could Be a Fiasco Say These Two Scholars

by Philip Shenon and Larry J. Sabato

Later this month, the National Archives is set to release thousands of documents about John F. Kennedy’s assassination. It’s likely to fuel conspiracy theorists for years.

The book Mattis reads to be prepared for war with North Korea

What America’s top military leaders have learned from a 54-year-old history of the Korean War.

Civil War’s legacy hangs over a plaque honoring Confederate soldiers

A plaque honoring Confederate soldiers was placed on the Jefferson County Courthouse in West Virginia, where slaves were once sold.

Confederate statues still stand in rural Virginia

The chorus of opposition to Confederate monuments has yet to strike a chord in southwestern Virginia, where the service of the “brave men and women” who fought and died for the Confederacy is enshrined in the statue of a soldier in the center of the city.

Advocates are starting to push for LGBTQ history to be taught in public schools

October is LGBTQ History Month.

U.S. Planned for Military Occupation of Cuba

The U.S. military drew up plans to occupy Cuba and establish a temporary government headed by a U.S. “commander and military governor” during the 1962 missile crisis, new documents disclose.

New picture emerges of Mata Hari, who faced firing squad 100 years ago

Freshly unearthed documents recast the Great War’s most notorious spy as a mother who left an abusive marriage and as a scapegoat for war-torn France looking to distract from heavy casualties on the front lines.

Massive section of Western Wall and Roman theater uncovered after 1,700 years

Sought for 150 years, the remarkable discovery of the small theater changes archaeologists' perceptions of Roman-conquered Jerusalem after the fall of the Second Temple.

Fight over national monuments intensifies

House Republicans are moving forward with a bill to reform a century-old conservation law, raising the stakes in their ongoing effort to curtail the president's’ ability to set aside wide swaths of federal land as national monuments and protect them from future development.

Martin Luther: Reluctant reformer who rocked Christianity 500 years ago

Five hundred years ago this month, Martin Luther set out to challenge his church and ended up starting what would become known as the Protestant Reformation.

Why did Biloxi pull ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ from the 8th grade lesson plan?

Kenny Holloway, vice president of the Biloxi School Board said, “There were complaints about it. There is some language in the book that makes people uncomfortable, and we can teach the same lesson with other books.

To Inspire Young Communists, China Turns to ‘Red Army’ Schools

Textbooks are getting a larger dose of Communist Party lore, including glorified tales about the party’s fights against foreign invaders like Japan.