The American History Donald J. Trump Wants You to See
A visitor’s journey to the Smithsonian’s “real American history.”
William Spivey
What Donald Trump Can do for the Tate Brothers
How misogyny, celebrity, and political access converged to protect brothers, Andrew and Tristan.
Has America Ever Had Free and Fair Elections?
A 240‑year struggle over who counts, who votes, and who gets silenced.
What We Known About Darline Graham Nordone, and is She Qualified to Be a U.S. Senator?
Does Lindsey’s little sister deserve her appointment?
ICE Kills the Wrong Man in Maine. A Week Later Another Immigrant is Dead in Florida
St. Augustine at sunrise: How a Routine ICE Encounter Became a Fatal Flight.
Has Speaking No Ill of the Dead Outlived Its Usefulness?
Reconsidering a tradition that protects legacies more than truth.
Remembering Lindsey Graham in His Own Words
The man spent a career explaining the GOP to Itself — until he didn’t.
Pete Hegseth Adds to Navy's History of Discrimination
New policies block promotions of Black officers and allow expulsion of Black men with a medical condition requiring beards.
The World Cup is Working Overtime to Dispel Images of Racism, and Failing
Can a sport born of colonization control itself?
Has the Republican Party Sabotaged Its Last Great Black Hope for the House of Representatives?
The GOP’s only Black House candidate in a district no longer meant for her.
What 1994's World Cup Taught America About Hosting the Globe
A return to the stage where America first met the world’s game.
How White Supremacy Rebranded Itself as Political Stability
When a twelve-year-old asks whether segregation is coming back, you must revisit Reconstruction, the rise of Jim Crow, and the ways history is still being rewritten.
Michael Proctor's Badge Was Built on Bigotry
Michael Proctor's racist texts are a shock but they're the end of a story that began long before he wore a uniform and reveals institutional failures that let him wield lethal power.
What Freedom for Black People Was Like in 1776
The freedom white america celebrated - and the freedom Black America was denied.
How Coney Island's Playground Became a Trump Real‑Estate Battlefield
The Trump project that tore down a landmark and built nothing.
The Cases That Made Johnnie Cochran Famous Before O.J. Simpson
Long Before the Glove Didn’t Fit, Cochran Was Giving the LAPD Hell.
Joe Rogan Missed His John McCain Moment. He Isn’t Alone
The cost of silence in an age of spectacle.
Have Republican Senators Confirming Todd Blanche Forgotten About Epstein?
Blanche on path to senate confirmation as Attorney General.
How Generations of Trump Patriarchs Shaped America's Commander in Chief
From Klondike Brothels to DOJ settlements: the Trump legacy in full.
Why the Semiquincentennial Rings Hollow for Some Americans
Patriotism once healed a nation; now procedural decay, court rulings, and voter suppression make celebration feel like a distraction from urgent repair.
A Forecasted Blue Wave Doesn't Erase the Need to Earn Black Votes
Giving with little return is not an option.
What History Books Don't Disclose About Massacres on American Soil
Twelve examples of how mass violence became a quiet architect of the American century.
What Makes Doctor Doom Marvel's Greatest Villain
Victor von Doom’s lifelong war with Mephisto and the mother he refused to lose.
The Graham Platner Debacle Proves Democrats Sometimes Believe Women and Republicans Never Do
A rising Democratic star in Maine, Platner now faces allegations of violence and sexting that have donors silent and party leaders scrambling.
What to Know About Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump's Private Island
A Project built in sunlight, after the deals were done in the dark.
Juneteenth is a Day to Remember Black Demands Will Never Be Met
The holiday we got as a substitute for the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.
Will Vigilantes Be Able to Kill Women Seeking Abortions in North Carolina?
HB 1232's personhood language plus a broad self-defense clause raises alarm that private citizens could claim the right to kill.
Scott Turner's 'Special Privilages' Remark Reveals a Pattern Across Trump Officials
The Housing Secretary says the quiet part out loud.
Which Jackie Robinson Moment Was Hakeem Jeffries Talking About?
The Forgotten Protests That Define Robinson’s Legacy.
The Four Black Republican Members of the House of Representatives Have Chosen to Self-Deport
The next group picture will be telling.