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The Woodrow Wilson Foundation recommends more graphic novels, digital resources, videos and improved instruction methods and kits for kids and teachers, to help them learn.
Feb 26

Could Education Spending Stop Our History and Government Ignorance?

America has a crisis of historic proportions, or more exactly, what its citizens know about its history and government.
By John A. Tures
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 17: Protesters critical of President Donald Trump attend an afternoon rally to show solidarity with a general strike in Washington Square Park on February 17, 2017 in New York City. Across the country protests continue in reaction to the policies of the Trump administration.
Mar 29

What Nasty Politics Mean to America

It’s not as though our politicians were all gentlemen in 1800 and became raging pit bulls in 2016.
By John A. Tures
President Donald Trump speaks at a rally on March 15, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Mar 20

Jacksonian History Repeats Itself With America’s Fiery Populist Uprising

As it was in the 1830s, 40s and in 1860, it is again today.
By Bernie Quigley
Harlem's famous jazz club the Apollo Theatre in the 1950s.
Feb 9

The Music Industry’s Long History of Dividing Blacks and Jews

By Justin Joffe
Shackles for slave children are seen on display at the New-York Historical Society.
Feb 3

Black History Month: Remembering Mary Turner and the ‘Holocaust of Lynchings’

By Michael Sainato
The anti-suffragette movement long delayed women from attaining the vote.
Sep 30

Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump and Miss Piggy

By Nicolaus Mills
Janelle Monae, Taraji P. Henson and Octavia Spencer in Hidden Figures. The film won't be released until January, but the book it's based on is released today.
Sep 6

Meet the Black Female Mathematicians Who Helped America Win the Space Race

By John Bonazzo
Aug 17

Historian Louise Mirrer Reminds Us to Never Forget

By David Wallis
TOPSHOT - This picture taken on June 25, 2016 shows a replica of the Statue of Liberty in Colmar, eastern France, birthcity of its sculptor Frederic Bartholti. / AFP / PATRICK HERTZOG
Jun 29

The Case for American Secession

By Michael Malice
The copy of the Emancipation Proclamation that will be offered for sale.
May 19

Emancipation Proclamation, 13th Amendment to Hit the Auction Block

By Guelda Voien
1948: American President, Harry S Truman smiles and waves to the excited Kansas City crowd after hearing the news that he had won the United States elections and retained the Presidency. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
Jan 12

Political Powerball: The Top Ten ‘Election Lottery’ Losses in American History

By Cliston Brown
NEW YORK - AUGUST 31: A delegate wears glasses featuring an elephant, the symbol of the Republican party, on the convention floor during the opening of night two of the Republican National Convention August 31, 2004 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Dec 18

Democrats Face Unholy 2016 Choice: GOP Or Gridlock

By Cliston Brown
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