As he flew over it on Feb. 9, President Donald Trump, by executive order, renamed the Gulf formerly known as Mexico as the Gulf of America. This, he said, is “even bigger than the Super Bowl,” which ...

As he flew over it on Feb. 9, President Donald Trump, by executive order, renamed the Gulf formerly known as Mexico as the ...

Americanism. Quite the opposite—it is an expression of cultural pride, dignity, and resistance in the face of racism and intolerance. In the United States, waving the Mexican flag—or any national flag ...

The first military commander to oversee the occupation of New Orleans after the Civil War wasn't all good or all bad. But some things just stuck deeper in the collective memory.

Bismarck hit minus 39 on Tuesday, breaking the record of minus 37 (-38.3 C) set in 1910 for the same date, said National ...

But it was the Romans who developed a working model of checks and balances. The constitution of the Roman republic was ...

President's administration is targeting Black Americans with unprecedented political assaults, including appointing White supremacists to key government roles.

President Donald Trump's defense secretary can't simply snap his fingers and change Texas' Fort Cavazos back to Fort Hood. A ...

U.S. states seem to mark Presidents Day with as many different names and honors as there have been presidents.

More than a century ago, a Civil War cannon proudly sat in Greene Square in Cedar Rapids. Today, the park is cannon-less and ...

Washington, Lincoln and even Millard Fillmore and are among the presidents honored with Denver streets — and one infamous VP.

Slaves do not own their own labor. The maximum tax rate on a 19th century plantation slave’s labor was 50%, as half of his ...