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One of the nation’s most prominent reporters on racial injustice arrives in Portland Tuesday for a talk about the inextricable roots of inequality in American history. New York Times Magazine staff ...

Image A middle school student in Washington, D.C., submitted artwork inspired by the essay "The Idea of America,” by Nikole ...

Nikole Hannah-Jones responds to the controversy around her work. When "The 1619 Project" debuted two years ago as a special issue of The New York Times magazine, it both gained critical acclaim and ...

Peninsula native and renowned historian Calvin Pearson, who friends describe as a huge force in educating Hampton Roads on the history of enslaved Africans, died last week at 73. Pearson is the ...

Friday on the RCP Podcast, Andrew Walworth spoke to economic historian Phillip W. Magness about his new book: "The 1619 Project Myth" "They claim American economic development in the 19th century was ...

Harvard economist Roland Fryer explains how examining plantation records and market prices deepens our understanding of a devastating chapter in American history. When America celebrates its 250th ...