We hold these truths to be self-evident,” is written in the U.S. Declaration of Independence and was passed unanimously by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. It was ...

Through its numerous statements and decisions, the Trump administration is breaking with the American hegemony that has long ...

In the last decade, at least 20 states have passed laws or policies that restrict how history can be taught in schools. Since ...

On a special episode (first released on June 26, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: Stonewall veterans helped ignite a global ...

Donald Trump recently commandeered California’s National Guard to repress anti-ICE protests in LA. The National Guard has a ...

Thirty years after Disney released “Pocahontas,” the film’s Oscar-winning song has taken on a life of its own with millennial ...

One of the earliest known instances in the U.S. of a protester brandishing a raised fist occurred in 1913, when “Big Bill” Haywood spoke to strikers during the Paterson silk strike in New ...

History suggests that periods of toleration of gay men and lesbians can swiftly end if the public senses an overreach.