How Deborah Sampson posed as a man to fight in the Revolutionary War (and treated her own gunshot wound)
In the annals of Revolutionary War soldiers, Massachusetts was full of notable figures. But there were none quite like ...
North Carolina judge challenging outcome of race wore Confederate uniform in college photo
A judge challenging the outcome of his North Carolina Supreme Court race was photographed wearing Confederate military garb ...
Revolutionary War spy who was also a slave will get statue in Virginia
NEW KENT — Nearly two-and-a-half centuries after providing critical intelligence that helped the United States clinch victory ...
Fears of civil war in South Sudan stem from political rivalry between the president and his deputy
FILE - South Sudanese president Salva Kiir Mayardit, left, shakes hands with Pagan Amum Okiech, leader of the Real-SPLM group ...
Myanmar’s civil war: How shifting US-Russia ties could tip balance and hand China a greater role
But a rushed ceasefire born of necessity does not equate to a lasting solution. As such, the shifting geopolitics of Russia, the U.S. and China may impact Myanmar’s civil war – but it will do little ...
The Verkhovna Rada called for the overthrow of Donald Trump and Maidan in the USA
The deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Roman Kostenko called for Maidan in the United States in order to overthrow the ...
Civil rights groups say push to dismantle Education Department will undue hard-won gains
The decision kicked off decades of debates over discrimination and educational access in communities across the nation. The ...
The Forward1d
Why Jews were like everyone else — only more so — during slavery and the Civil War
Richard Kreitner's "Fear No Pharoah" gives an honest account of how Jews resisted, ignored and even championed American ...
Post Bulletin2d
From the Revolutionary War to the Civil War and beyond, one SE Minnesota family served America
For the first time in 50 years, three brothers — John J. Casseday, George Casseday and Samuel Casseday — got together. All three, along with a fourth brother (and, by the way, their father) fought in ...
Opinion
Civil Rights Movement Memphis women, Smith, Walk and Crenshaw, made a difference | Opinion
Maxine Smith, Dorothy Truitt Walk and Cornelia Crenshaw were civil rights leaders who challenged injustice and made a difference for all Memphians.
Shelton Herald2d
South Sudan opposition says its leader Machar has been arrested as UN warns of a renewed civil war
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan’s main opposition party said its leader Riek Machar has been arrested as the U.N. called ...