Before being elevated by Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, the slave-owning new namesake of the state’s largest National Guard training facility was at best a footnote in history, according to a review of ...

Trump had laid out his plan for the Smithsonian early in his second term, bemoaning in his aforementioned executive order ...

A plinth that once held a statue of Confederate general Albert Pike is seen in a park near the headquarters of the Department of Labor on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, in Washington.

In 1868, a group of 90 delegates, 17 of them Black, crafted a new state constitution that they hoped would create an ...

What if the Confederacy had survived? The Civil War shaped the United States, but what if the South had won and formed its ...

As the Confederate position deteriorated, supporters of the South grew desperate. Some plotted acts of terror against the North.

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So many of our leaders are foolish—and not just in Washington. As the school year begins, we deeply need wisdom in my Texas ...

The Defense Secretary has ordered the refurbishment of a 1914 Confederate monument at Arlington National Cemetery, which is a ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to ...