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Gina Haspel Says C.I.A. ‘Historically’ Has Not Interrogated Subjects. History Shows Otherwise.

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Petition started to remove 'offensive' Merchandise Mart mural of African-American women picking cotton

The petition reads, in part: "Concerns have grown about a mural that displays black post slavery ancestors picking cotton on a Mississippi plantation. We feel that this mural is very offensive, and does not represent a part of history that we are proud of."

The Tense History of U.S.-Iran Sanctions, from the Hostage Crisis to the Nuclear Deal

The U.S. has long wielded money as a weapon in a shadow war that’s been raging since 1979. Here’s how sanctions went from punitive measure to status quo.

A Relative Wages Jack Johnson’s Biggest Fight: To Clear His Name

Linda Haywood, the great great niece of the boxer Jack Johnson, who in 1908 became the first African-American heavyweight champion, has tried to clear his name from a racially charged conviction, long before President Trump tweeted about it.

Condo built on Charleston's last slave trading wharf markets history — without mentioning slavery

Miller Harper, managing partner of East West Partners, said his firm wrestled with how to present the site before deciding to leave the historical interpretation to the experts.

Scrolls found inside statue of Buddha in Nara

Officials from the Nara National Museum conducted a scientific probe of the 73-centimeter-high piece using a CT scanner. They discovered a hollow space stretching from top to bottom.

The Legendary Sultan Saladin Was Likely Killed by Typhoid

Reviewing historical accounts of his death, doctors and historians believe his sweating fits and weakness were brought on by the bacterial infection.

The Trump administration wants to replace Food Stamps with Food in a Box

This would take grocers out of the food stamp chain – in effect, returning to the kind of direct government intervention that retailers bitterly opposed during the Depression.

Melania Trump met the press (sort of). Eleanor Roosevelt started the tradition for first ladies.

On March 6, 1933, the new first lady held the first on-the-record news conference by the wife of a president.

There’s no secret chamber in King Tut’s tomb after all, researchers conclude

Researchers said there is no secret chambers beyond King Tutankhamen's tomb, which archaeologists had hoped was Queen Nefertiti's final resting place.

Poland's Holocaust law triggers tide of abuse against Auschwitz museum

Staff say they have suffered a campaign of disinformation and hate from Polish nationalists.

Why the Royal Family Used to Forbid Marriage After Divorce

Until 2002, the Church of England, of which the monarch is the head, would not recognize the marriage of any divorced person whose ex-spouse was still living.

With Emmett Till Reference, Camille Cosby Invokes Oft-Used Cultural Touchstone

“You’ve got apples and you have oranges and there’s nothing about either situation that is in alignment with the other,” said Ms. Gordon-Taylor, the head of the Mamie Till Mobley Memorial Foundation, named after Till’s mother.

Kanye West’s Harriet Tubman tweets show how little we know about her history

by Kate Clifford Larson

I’m a Harriet Tubman historian. There’s a lot that West got wrong.

Eastern European Laws on World War II History Spark Congressional Reaction

Will a letter sent by concerned lawmakers encourage leaders to change course or further polarize politics?

Controversial statue of Marx unveiled in his German birthplace

Protesters held banners reading “Down with capitalism” and “Father of all dictators” at the unveiling of a statue of Karl Marx in the German city of Trier, reflecting the polarising legacy of the philosopher in his birthplace and beyond.

Their Ancestors Were on Opposite Sides of a Lynching. Now, They’re Friends.

Two women from the Deep South - one black, one white - have struck up an unlikely friendship because of their ties to a killing that took place in 1912.

Karl Marx a tool to 'win the future' for China, Xi Jinping says

The Chinese president has praised Karl Marx as the "greatest thinker of modern times" ahead of the bicentennial of the German philosopher. Xi's German counterpart, meanwhile, was far more critical.

A Mummy Turned Up in Iran. Could It Be the Former Shah?

Are these the remains of Reza Shah Pahlavi?

Neanderthals May Have Gone Extinct Due to Their Brain Shape

A complicated technique called computational neuroanatomy allowed these scientists to produce detailed 3D models of Neanderthal brains using data from four Neanderthal skulls.