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‘Idiots,’ ‘criminals’ and ‘scum’ – nasty politics highest in US since the Civil War

Former U.S. President Donald Trump at the Moms for Liberty Joyful Warriors summit in June 2023 in Philadelphia. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images by Thomas Zeitzoff, American...

Americans in former Confederate states more likely to say violent protest against government is justified, 160 years after Gettysburg

Dead soldiers lie on the battlefield at Gettysburg in July of 1863. Corbis via Getty Images by Alauna Safarpour, Northeastern University Over the July Fourth long weekend,...

US Army Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas’ journey from enslaver to Union officer to civil rights defender

Gen. George H. Thomas, who fought for the Union army during the Civil War, stands in uniform for a photo. Heritage Images/ Hulton Archive by Christopher...

What really started the American Civil War?

More than 600,000 soldiers died during the American Civil War. Keith Lance/Digital Vision Vectors via Getty Images by Robert Gudmestad, Colorado State University Curious Kids is a...

White Tennessee lawmakers speak out for insurrection in honoring Confederate history

The Tennessee State Capitol. Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images by Daniel Feller, University of Tennessee The ghost of the Confederacy hangs heavily over...

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s pending promotion sheds new light on his overlooked fight for equal rights after the Civil War

by Anne Marshall, Mississippi State University Tucked away in an amendment to the FY2023 U.S. defense authorization bill is a rare instance of congressional bipartisanship...

Why is turkey the main dish on Thanksgiving?

Troy Bickham, Texas A&M University Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to...

What veterans’ poems can teach us about healing on Memorial Day

by James Dubinsky, Virginia Tech Memorial Day, a national holiday to honor the 1.17 million men and women who have died to create and maintain...

Tubman led raids during Civil War as well as better-known slave rescues

 by Kate Clifford Larson, Brandeis University Harriet Tubman was barely 5 feet tall and didn’t have a dime to her name. What she did have was...

How a Black writer in the 19th-century used humor to combat White supremacy

by Rodney Taylor, University of South Carolina Any writer has to struggle with the dilemma of staying true to their vision or giving editors and...

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