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The Smithsonian Institution Building (The Castle), in Washington D.C.

Smithsonian Museums Are Supposed to Tell the American Story. So Where's the One Dedicated to Latinos?

When I was growing up in San Antonio, Mexican culture permeated every aspec...

When I was growing up in San Antonio, Mexican culture permeated every aspect of American culture. I heard Spanish every day: at the grocery store, on the playground and, of course, at home. The staples...

Painting by Howard Chandler Christie of George Washington presiding over the second Constitutional Convention in 1787.

America's Founders Disagreed About Impeachment. Here's How the Idea Made It Into the Constitution

“This Magistrate is not the king! The people are the king!”

Illustration of the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria, the fleet of Christopher Columbus.

Ocean Exploration Changed Human History—And the Story Started Centuries Before Christopher Columbus

We tend to think the opening of the oceans was the work of 15th century pio...

We tend to think the opening of the oceans was the work of 15th century pioneers, but they didn’t start the exploration of the seas

A male (top) and a female (bottom) Aedes aegypti mosquito are seen through a microscope at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation laboratory in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 14, 2019.

When Mosquitoes Brought Yellow Fever to the Caribbean, They Also Spread Slavery

Unlike other Caribbean islands, Barbados lacked readily available running w...

Unlike other Caribbean islands, Barbados lacked readily available running water, so the settlers had built watering holes to catch the rains—perfect breeding grounds for mosquitoes

Pictured (center), Democratic presidential nominee Jimmy Carter, (R), puts his arm around Senator Edward M. Kennedy (L) as he arrived at Logan International Airport in Boston on Sep. 30, 1976, for a four-hour campaign blitz.

Could Trump Lose the Republican Nomination? Here's the History of Primary Challenges to Incumbent Presidents

An incumbent President has never lost a primary nomination in modern U.S. h...

An incumbent President has never lost a primary nomination in modern U.S. history

Painting by Frederic Schopin (1804-1880) depicting the First Crusade — Battle delivered under the walls of Antioch between the crusaders led by Bohemond and the army of Karbouka, general of the Sultan of Persia, June 1098

What the Far Right Gets Wrong About the Crusades

In January this year, at a courthouse in Wichita, Kansas, three members of ...

In January this year, at a courthouse in Wichita, Kansas, three members of a right-wing militia group were sentenced to a combined total of 81 years in jail for plotting the mass murder of Muslims...

The family of 19-year-old Harry Dunn are seeking justice after he was struck and killed in a car suspected to have been driven by the wife of a U.S diplomat who police confirmed fled the U.K.

A Teenager's Death Has Put Diplomatic Immunity Under a Spotlight

An international law that largely shields foreign diplomats and their famil...

An international law that largely shields foreign diplomats and their family members from criminal prosecution has come under scrutiny after the wife of an American diplomat left Britain following a crash that killed a 19-year-old...

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Smithsonian Museums Are Supposed to Tell the American Story. So Where's the One Dedicated to Latinos?

America's Founders Disagreed About Impeachment. Here's How the Idea Made It Into the Constitution

Ocean Exploration Changed Human History—And the Story Started Centuries Before Christopher Columbus

When Mosquitoes Brought Yellow Fever to the Caribbean, They Also Spread Slavery

Could Trump Lose the Republican Nomination? Here's the History of Primary Challenges to Incumbent Presidents

What the Far Right Gets Wrong About the Crusades

A Teenager's Death Has Put Diplomatic Immunity Under a Spotlight

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