As fascism rose in Europe a century ago and escalated into the horrors perpetrated by Nazi Germany, Americans told themselves: “It can’t happen here.” Think again. In two September releases by noted ...

A painted section of the historic Boston Freedom Trail in Downtown Crossing (Shown in photo), seen in 2014. It’s summertime, which calls to mind the perennial question for parents: where can we take ...

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - During Black History Month, markers across Hattiesburg are drawing attention to the people and places connected to the 1964 Freedom Summer campaign. But for some residents, ...

In the early 1960s, Mississippi’s segregated school system was designed to limit Black students’ futures. Underfunded classrooms, outdated books, and a curriculum stripped of Black history and civic ...

As we prepare to celebrate the founding of this nation, let’s keep this in mind: Religious liberty is fundamental to American society. It protects freedom of conscience, allowing individuals to live ...

The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 led to a violent conflict known as Bleeding Kansas over whether the territory would be a free or slave state. The state has a complicated past that includes both ...