But sometimes the most fascinating way to explore history is by asking a simple question: what if things had gone differently? Alternate history stories take familiar timelines and twist them, ...

Delaware removed a statue of a founder with 200 slaves. National Parks now plan to install it in DC - The statue is slated ...

President Donald Trump has been pushing Congress to approve the SAVE America Act to require ID at the polls and proof of U.S.

Washington should view the United States’s semiquincentennial year as an inflection point to reassess the country’s democratic experiment and how to preserve it for future generations, according to No ...

Senator John Cornyn is fighting for his life in the Texas Republican runoff against a deeply flawed opponent. He’s also a ...

Florida's Legislature approves dozens of commemorative days, weeks, and months each year. Learn why there are so many.

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Revelations that labor leader Cesar Chavez abused young girls have prompted widespread fallout, as marches and other events ...

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As push from Republicans and Donald Trump to pass the SAVE America Act have stalled in Congress, efforts are underway at the state level to fill in the gaps.

GOP moves to strip the Democratic Socialists of America of its nonprofit status after it announces a visit to "aid" Cuba's ...

A Times investigation published today found extensive evidence that Cesar Chavez, the Latino civil rights icon, groomed and ...