House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries is now 10 minutes away from breaking a record in the House for the longest floor ...

Three months after Sen. Cory Booker broke his chamber's record for the longest speech ever, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries broke the House's record.

Blake Spencer explored the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site in Washington with two of his friends. The Howard ...

As the Phelps County Jail in Rolla, Missouri, gets used as an ICE holding facility, a group of 50 activists known as Abide in ...

America’s foremost history documentarian is back at a pivotal moment. But is he avoiding the hard truths about the country’s origins?

Penny and I made a quick run to Minneapolis for Father’s Day. It was a great gathering, and the only clan member missing was ...

A course on the contested meanings of the Declaration of Independence has never been more relevant—or more politically ...

On July 4, 2026, the United States turns 250. Amid fireworks and fanfare, the day invites reflection on a nation shaped by ...

More than 60 years after a white supremacist assassinated civil rights leader Medgar Evers, his daughter still sees the same ...

Penn erasing records of transgender swimmer Lia Thomas puts all women at risk by sanctioning the weaponization of Title IX, ...

Civil and voting rights activists gathered in Jackson, Mississippi, to honor what would have been the 100th birthday of civil ...