Unfortunately, slavery was not just propped up by policy in the slave states, but federally. It is often overlooked that the ...

Since the start of Ramadan, Israeli military attacks in Lebanon have intensified in ways that suggest more than routine ...

Abraham Lincoln took direct control of the Army and Navy at Norfolk in 1862. He even led a recon mission on the James River to capture the city. (History) As the United States marks Presidents Day ...

Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana traditionally were America’s educational basement, but now they are showing blue states a ...

At that time, the Fifth Circuit heard appeals from federal trial courts in the states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida—the very heart of resistance to racial equality, ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon, two-time Democratic presidential candidate and Greenville native, has died at the ...

The administration is also transferring public land to the Defense Department.

Stacker compiled a list of the biggest cities in Kentucky 150 years ago using data transcribed from the 1870 U.S.

A new National Building Museum exhibit highlights the legacy of Rosenwald Schools. Once common in Maryland and Virginia, these historic buildings helped close the education gap and shaped future civil ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader who worked with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and twice ran for president of the ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban shake hands after a news conference in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool) ...

Has Alabama produced any presidents? As we celebrate Presidents Day 2026, take a look at what states that have shaped the White House.