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Civil War

A Civil War-Era Painting by a Black Artist was Gifted to Biden on Inauguration Day

The Black, Civil War-era artist's career was bolstered by abolitionists, who bought his paintings and funded his trips to Europe.
By Helen Holmes
U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and Attorney General William Barr

Battle of the Brahmins: How Trump Started a War Against the ‘Deep State’

The venom is real, the gauntlet thrown, war has been declared.
By Jonathan Russo
Members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment place American flags at the graves of U.S. soldiers buried in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery in preparation for Memorial Day.

End the War Over Memorial Day by Putting Fallen Veterans First

Some groups seek to refight the Civil War by having a "separate" holiday.
By John A. Tures
People wave American flags at a primary night rally for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, June 7, 2016 in Brooklyn, New York. Clinton will become the first woman in U.S. history to secure the presidential nomination of one of the country's two major political parties.

A Divided America Does Not Mean Civil War

By John R. Schindler
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).

Democrats and Republicans Need a Divorce

By Cliston Brown
Bruce Davidson, Time of Change (Freedom Riders), 1961. Gelatin silver print. 8 3/4 x 12 3/4 in.

Mississippi Museum of Art Explores a Racially Fraught History for State Bicentennial

By Margaret Carrigan
Walt Whitman (Rod GIlfy) mourns his beloved in Matthew Aucoin's 'Crossing''.

War Is Hellish in BAM’s ‘Crossing’; Uptown, Angel Blue Soars

By James Jorden
Votes are often determined by economics.

With Economic Rebound Ahead, Democrats Set for Generation-Long Slow Burn

By Peter Ferrara
A monument featuring a statue of a Confederate soldier is seen in Hemming Park in the midst of a national controversy over whether Confederate symbols should be removed from public display on August 20, 2017 in Jacksonville, Florida.

No, Removing These Statues Will Not Solve Underlying Racial Problems

By Charlie Gerow
A homeless man sleeps under an American Flag blanket on a park bench in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.

Look to Reagan to Prove Social Harmony Follows Economic Boom

By Peter Ferrara
A homemade sign that says Heather Heyer Park rests at the base of the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that stands in the center of Emancipation Park in Charlottesville, Va. Heather Heyer was killed during a protest by white nationalists, neo-Nazis, the Ku Klux Klan and members of the 'alt-right.'

Civil War Tensions Brew as Vermont Celebrates Awkward Yankee History

By Bernie Quigley
Angolan Defense Minister João Lourenço.

For the First Time in 37 Years, Oil-Rich Angola Prepares for a New President

By Arick Wierson and Richard Hecker
The fearless women of the now canceled Underground.

The Internet to HBO: Pick Up ‘Underground,’ Abandon Racist ‘Confederate’ Fantasy

By Michael Sainato
President Donald Trump.

Dear Donald Trump: The Civil War Never Actually Ended

By Cliston Brown
Thousands of demonstrators protesting against President Nicolas Maduro's government march in Caracas on April 8, 2017.

The Opacity of Scale: How Numbers Blind Us to Meaning

By Sue Walsh
American Revolutionary War reenactors fire musket blanks during the annual St. Patrick's Day parade in South Boston, Massachusetts, on March 19, 2017.

Is the United States on the Brink of a Political Revolution?

By Sam Harris
Nasty Women.

At Sacred Gettysburg, Trump Bristles Past His Political Graveyard

By Joe Lapointe
Will Palestinian voters again go to the polls?

Off to the Races: Can Palestinians Manage to Hold a Violence-Free Election?

By Micah Halpern
New York City Draft Riots.

White Riot: Why the New York Draft Riots of 1863 Matter Today

By John Strausbaugh
Benedict Cumberbatch in 'The Imitation Game,' which was funded in part by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

This Foundation Is Bringing Math and Science to the Multiplex

By John Bonazzo
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

The Case for American Secession

By Michael Malice
At this hour

Real Lives of Republican Wives: Trump and Cruz Trade Twitter Punches

By Joe Lapointe
Alexander Graham Bell's invention, in one of its earliest forms.

This Week in Tech History: Telephone Invented, Fukushima Power Plant Explodes

By John Bonazzo
Say goodbye to the elephant.

Why the Democrats and Republicans Should Ditch the Donkey and Elephant

By Eric Scigliano
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