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The myth of black Confederates is arguably the most controversial subject of the Civil War. Over the past four years, the debate over whether or not blacks fought for the Confederacy has been the most discussed topic on Civil War Memory, a popular website attracting teachers and scholars from around the world, and the Atlantic Monthly and The Root have devoted several articles to it.

After previously announcing that she would not co-sponsor the Equality Act even though she backed it in a previous congressional session, Sen. Susan Collins is now pushing for changes to the bill that would water down some of the anti-discrimination protections included in the civil rights legislati

The Republican National Committee will move part of its spring donor retreat to Mar-a-Lago where former President Donald Trump will speak.

A Georgia attorney who was charged in connection with the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection asked a judge if he could drink when he was released from jail.William Calhoun, a 58-year-old lifelong Democrat who abruptly changed political views in 2019 and became an ardent Donald Trump supporter, will b

With the first full day of the Conservative Political Action Conference underway, there's already an indisputable star: an outrageously golden statue of Donald Trump wearing shorts and flip-flops.

The real carnage wrought by the Trump years is cognitive. It won’t be fixed by prosecution or policy alone

Michigan is one of the states where former President Donald Trump and his lawyers, including former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, unsuccessfully tried to overturn Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election. Reporter Mardi Link, in an article published by the Traverse City Recor

New reporting may shed some light on the thinking of federal agents investigating the fatal January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol."A member of the far-right nationalist Proud Boys was in communication with a person associated with the White House in the days just before the Jan. 6 assault o

The business that preserves and protects Dr. Seuss’ legacy has announced it will stop publishing six titles because of racist and insensitive imagery

The same ruling applies to the family of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer on trial for the death of Floyd.

This White House has a way of doubling down on absurdity. Asked about th

A Virginia man seen wearing a 'Camp Auschwitz' sweatshirt during the Capitol riot pleaded not guilty to his charges Wednesday morning.

"Several reliable, well-informed sources confirmed the idea that Hitler's anti-Semitism was not so genuine or violent," the Times correspondent reported.

MSNBC anchor and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart blasted the on Black Republican senator in the newspaper on Saturday."'Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt' goes the famous, but disputed, adage. During an interview on Fox News on March 8

Yesterday, the Maine People's Alliance called on Sen. Susan Collins to return thousands of dollars she received from Robert Mercer, the billionaire backer of Breitbart, the racist, misogynist and bigoted website proud to position itself as the "platform of the alt-right."

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The FBI is asking for the public's help to find the person who left pipe bombs at the RNC and DNC the night before the Jan. 6 Capitol riot in Washington.

The FBI has arrested a "Boogaloo Boi" who tried to incite violent unrest in Minneapolis last summer during nationwide protests over the police killing of George Floyd.Jaap Willem Lijbers, an undocumented Dutch citizen with ties to the anti-government Boogaloo movement, was arrested during a raid o

As tribal governments call on President Trump to cancel his Mount Rushmore Independence Day celebration, we look at why Native Americans have long pushed for the removal of the monument carved into the sacred Black Hills and designed by a sculptor with ties to the Ku Klux Klan. “This place is very, very sacred to our people,” says Nick Tilsen, president and CEO of the NDN Collective. “Stealing our land and then carving the faces of four white men who were colonizers, who committed genocide against Indigenous people, is an egregious act of violence.”

See how each senator will vote on whether to convict and remove President Trump from office.

Richard Barnett, charged over January attack, complains after judge rules he must remain in jail until next court date in May

Arbery, 25, was shot and killed in February.

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A Trump supporter who took part in the January 6th riots at the United States Capitol openly boasted of his plans to pose as a member of Antifa while committing acts of violence -- and now he's been arrested.The Washington Post reports that law enforcement officials have obtained text messages fro

Robert Keith Packer, who was photographed in a "Camp Auschwitz" shirt at the Capitol riot, has been arrested in Newport News, Virginia.