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 equitable, multi-racial democracy as part of the Reconstruction process taking ...

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 ...

Nearly every year at the August Town Council meeting, I get up and say a few words about the racism that is allowed to be displayed at Farmer’s Day. Every year, I feel like it falls on deaf ears. This ...

One statue was pulled down with ropes and chains on Juneteenth in 2020 as part of mass protests following the death of George ...