In 2013, historian Rhae Lynn Barnes was researching blackface in America when she encountered a stumbling block at the Library of Congress: Various primary sources on the subject were listed as ...

Local historian Chris Haugh gave a slid-show presentation of the programs he will be conducting in the future at the Feb. 19 Frederick AARP Chapter 636 meeting luncheon at Dutch's Daughter. Haugh is ...

Anna Swartwood House does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...

Ukrainian and Russian negotiators described the Geneva peace talks as "difficult" and "complex work." Volodymyr Zelenskyy cut to the chase: "historical shit." The Ukrainian president posted his take ...

This is part of a weekly series introducing readers to individuals who are passionate about our Mid-Valley community. Darrell Jabin knows more than most about Oregon’s governors, the state’s carousels ...

His score of books and hundreds of essays documented Stalinist executions, Communist repressions and censorship, and the transition to post-Soviet Russia. By Robert D. McFadden Roy Medvedev, the ...

‘A threat that's been building 40 years can't be dismantled in 10 days’: Former Israeli PM on Iran ‘It keeps me up at night that there is no clear end to this conflict’: Mohamed El-Erian on war in ...

We keep hearing that these are unprecedented times for science: scientific skeptics running federal agencies, growing mistrust of vaccines, and messaging from the highest levels of government that ...

Ancient Roman historian Livy recorded reports of ships appearing in the sky over Rome. The sightings were logged as prodigies, officially framed as omens rather than events to be examined. The ...

WINTERVILLE — On what would have been the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 97th birthday, those who want to honor the legacy of the slain civil rights leader were urged to “continue to hope, work and ...

As the saying goes, past is indeed prologue — and that can be either daunting or inspiring. Sepinwall says the research shows that HUAC seemed less concerned about communism than it was with Hollywood ...