Monuments,” a group exhibition in Los Angeles, led by Kara Walker, places contemporary art face to face with statuary removed ...

Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-282) and index. Freedom, slavery, and the legacy of the American Revolution -- "Our laborers are our property": the ...

The American Civil War was arguably one of the most devastating conflicts in the history of the United States. Fought over slavery, it divided families and communities and, of course, the nation. It ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - Iowa is a long way from the major battlefields of the Civil War. But, more than 76,000 Iowans served in the Union army. That was a substantial portion of the state’s population ...

Thirteen Medal of Honor recipients traced the route of the Civil War's Great Locomotive Chase. The Great Locomotive Chase led to the awarding of the very first Medals of Honor in 1863. The group ...

At least 40 people were killed and dozens more injured this week when Myanmar's military bombed a candlelight vigil during the country's biggest Buddhist holiday. The protesters had gathered in the ...

President Donald Trump has warned Democrats that “bad things” will happen to them if right-wing people decide to retaliate amid growing tensions over this week’s deadly shooting at a Texas immigration ...

President Abraham Lincoln signed the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation 162 years ago this week. To celebrate, dozens of people gathered for the unveiling of a new presidential statue outside the ...

Not long ago, the Hopkins House in Gettysburg - the last remaining Civil War-era log cabin that had been owned by Black citizens - was scheduled for demolition. Instead, thanks to community activists, ...

The civil war in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary is now well into its third year and has created the world’s most serious humanitarian ...

David Edwards has spent over a decade reporting on social justice, human rights and politics for Raw Story. He also writes Crooks and Liars. He has a background in enterprise resource planning and ...

In the decade before the Civil War, slave-owning men known as “Fire Eaters” started ratcheting up public discourse in stark, divisive, all or nothing terms. They cast their interests not as political ...