April 9, the day that the American Civil War ended in 1865, should be a national holiday celebrating the defeat of the Confederacy, the end of slavery, and the triumph of liberty.

Readers of newspapers across America 160 years ago this week would have seen two similar headlines on the front page of their paper trumpeting the end of the Civil War: ...

Ever since the United States government's unfulfilled promise of giving every newly freed Black American "40 acres and a mule ...

Now governments and communities across the US are redistributing land and wealth, from Evanston, Illinois, to Athens, Georgia ...

Harvard University has become the latest target in the Trump administration’s approach to fight campus antisemitism.

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Lincoln’s Peace” offers a pair of fascinating what ifs. Had the Union maintained a larger and stronger post-Civil War ...

The quake shook a swath of Southeast Asia. Myanmar’s military government said 144 people were killed in just three cities.

Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (27-7, 17-3 Big Sky) at Belmont Bruins (23-12, 17-6 MVC) Nashville, Tennessee; Sunday, 3 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Northern Arizona visits Belmont after Sophie Glancey ...

Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS) has disclosed that the state has been leading in Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) among the 19 northern states in the last two years. KADIRS ...

The presidential palace in Sudan's capital of Khartoum is back under military control after two years of civil war. Sudanese Armed Forces soldiers seized the palace, which before 2023 served as ...

CAIRO (AP) — The war in Sudan appears to be reaching a critical juncture after nearly two years of fighting that has killed tens of thousands of people, driven millions from their homes and ...