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Wall Street Journal profiles a Chinese millionaire who's establishing history museums that challenge the communist party line

In one of his museums he even gives credit to Chiaing Kai-shek for helping expel the Japanese from China.. 

Chinese Shrine May Contain Skull Bone of the Buddha

A Buddhist temple in Nanjing, China may have been harboring a major cultural artifact after archaeologists found what they say could be a skull fragment from Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha himself.

'Mein Kampf' proceeds to aid Holocaust survivors

Boston-based publishing company has decided to donate proceeds from Adolf Hitler's infamous manifesto "Mein Kampf" to a local organization that works with aging Holocaust survivors.

The Surprisingly Short History of American Secrecy

by Sam Lebovic

Amid the recent hubbub about leaks and whistleblowers and Hillary Clinton’s rogue server, it has been easy to forget what a state secret actually is.

Why President Obama Campaigning For Clinton Is Historic

No president has campaigned strongly for his chosen successor in at least 100 years.

KKK closer to getting a highway in its name in Georgia

Georgia’s highest court allowed a lawsuit by a KKK chapter to move forward, setting the stage for a trial.

The California Roots of Trumpism

California Republicans paid a steep price for immigrant bashing in 1994.

The World's Oldest Library Has Reopened

The world’s oldest working library at the al-Qarawiyyin University in Fez, Morocco is once again open and ready for visitors, having been closed for massive restorations since 2012.

Long-Awaited Chilcot Report: Britain’s Role in Iraq War

The exhaustive report, which historian Martin Gilbert helped prepare before his death, will identify what went wrong. It will be published Wednesday. 

Doug Wilder’s dream of building a slavery museum in Richmond is dying

One reason may be that the $540 million National Museum of African American History and Culture is set to open on the Mall in Washington this fall.

Brexit isn’t all that special

by Felicity Vabulas

Here’s why nations leave international organizations.

Here’s Your Chance to Decode President Lincoln’s Secret Messages

A crowdsourced initiative in which anyone can help decipher Civil War telegrams, including messages from Lincoln himself.

The Freedom of Information Act is 50 years old

Fifty years ago on July 4, 1966, Lyndon Johnson signed the landmark Freedom of Information Act while vacationing at his Texas ranch. But he hated the concept.

Ku Klux Klan dreams of rising again 150 years after founding

The Klan is trying to reshape itself for a new era.

What past US presidents have said to Canada’s Parliament

Barack Obama will be the seventh president to address a joint session of Parliament.

How Donald Trump’s 1993 comments about ‘Indians’ previewed much of his 2016 campaign

Among the various incidents in Donald Trump's pre-political past that have rumbled through the public's awareness over the past year was a moment when he said that the operators of Native American casinos as "don’t look like Indians to me."

Emotional tributes mark 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme

On Friday, exactly 100 years after the opening day of the Battle of the Somme, everyone remembered the men who got on and did it, without stopping to question their orders.

Brexit might undermine Europe’s democratic order

It is easy to forget that democracy in Europe is a relatively recent development.

Confirmation that Shakespeare was Shakespeare

The finding is based on a family coat of arms he had a hand in protecting.

Holocaust escape tunnel discovery a blow against deniers

“It was dug out by spoons. By people who were shackled around the ankles”