Depicting a crisscross of welts and scars streaked across the body of a formerly enslaved Louisiana man, “Scourged Back” is ...

160 years after emancipation, as systemic racism continues to plague the country and our politics, the truth telling of our history is critical.

The Trump administration is ordering national parks to remove a famous Civil War-era photo of an enslaved man’s scarred back, ...

The Trump administration has ordered the removal of art, signs and exhibits related to slavery from multiple national parks, ...

While public memorials of New Orleans’ prominent role in the slave trade have been mostly understated or non-existent, cities ...

Taking a page directly out of the well-worn playbook of Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban and other authoritarians, ...

In 2021, the Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) launched a global news feature series on the history, contemporary ...

Eric Foner’s essay collection “Our Fragile Freedoms” demonstrates how our understanding of the past can deepen and grow more ...

Federal authorities say they've deliberately chosen a notorious Louisiana prison to hold immigration detainees as a way to ...

The Department of Homeland Security is expanding immigration enforcement nationwide, with its latest effort focused on a well ...