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A century-old feud between millionaires is now key to getting Trump’s tax returns

The law at issue in the strife over Trump’s taxes arose from a bitter dispute between Mellon and Sen. James Couzens (R-Mich.), a deep-pocketed adversary on Capitol Hill, over the lawmaker’s investigation of the IRS.

Relics of Rebel Slave Fort Unearthed by Hurricane Michael

The site was recently listed as part of the NPS’ Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.

Lawmakers Renew Efforts To Open ‘The National Museum Of The American Latino’

A bipartisan group of lawmakers reintroduced a bill to establish the National Museum of the American Latino in Washington, DC.

A Reimagined Spy Museum in Washington Doesn’t Flinch From the Darker Side

Built for $162 million, the museum features flashy interactive exhibits but also grapples with intelligence failures, out-of-control surveillance and torture.

Brazil’s long, strange love affair with the Confederacy ignites racial tension

by Jordan Brasher

How did an American debate about racism make its way to Brazil? 

Brexit? Danes Have Seen This Show, and It Doesn’t End Well

In 1864, riding a wave of nationalism, another former colonial power, Denmark, became engulfed in a doomed military conflict against Prussian and Austrian forces, experiencing a crushing loss that led to the surrender of around a third of its territory.

Medieval Scholars Joust With White Nationalists. And One Another.

Since the 2016 presidential election, scholars have hotly debated the best way to counter the “weaponization” of the Middle Ages by a rising tide of far-right extremists.

49 Years After the Kent State Shootings, New Photos Are Revealed

The new photos were taken by John Filo and Howard Ruffner, two students at the university. 

Judge Rules Charlottesville’s Confederate Statues Are War Monuments

But the legal fight to remove the city’s statues of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson may not be over.

Deadly gases may be starting to leak from Europe’s World War weapons cemeteries

Used as a potentially deadly chemical agent during World War I, mustard gas can burn victims’ skin, respiratory tract and eyes.

ABCs of LGBTQ History Mandated for More U.S. Public Schools

On Thursday, Colorado lawmakers voted to mandate LGBTQ curriculum for K-12 public school students. 

A Beluga Whale Is Allegedly a Russian Spy. There's a Long History of Marine Mammals in the Military

In the 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, the Soviet authorities reportedly trained beluga wales, dolphins, sea lions and fur seals to search for underwater mines and other objects.

How the ‘Central Park Five’ Changed the History of American Law

by Elizabeth Hinton

Ava DuVernay’s miniseries shows why the hysteria surrounding the 1989 case caused more children to stand trial as adults than at any other time in U.S. history.

The Wolf’s Lair Attempts Transition From Tourist Trap to Educational Site

The Polish government has taken over ownership of the one-time nerve center of the Third Reich, ridding the site of paintball and pottery classes.

Why Auschwitz Plays Such a Central Role in Holocaust Remembrance

by Olivia B. Waxman

Though it was just one of the half-dozen Nazi camps that scholars identify as “killing centers,” there’s a reason Auschwitz has become the focus of the history of the Holocaust.

Unethical, even illegal campaign tactics are an American tradition

by Steffen W. Schmidt

Since the earliest years of the republic, candidates have used deceptive, underhanded and dubiously legal tactics to discredit their opponents.

A Century Ago, May Day Brought Anarchist Bombs to Mailboxes—And Helped Transform American Politics

by Katrina Gulliver

On April 30, the Evening World ran an extra edition that, under the headline “NATION-WIDE TERRORIST PLOT,” described the “infernal machines” as part of a conspiracy.

A Revealing Piece of Ancient Human History, Discovered in a Tibetan Cave

The remarkable, fossilized jawbone has no chin, and the teeth within it are exceptionally large.

A Holocaust Story for the Social Media Generation

Eva’s Instagram account, based on a diary kept by the real Eva Heyman in 1944, goes live Wednesday afternoon for the start of Israel’s annual Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day.

Cambridge University to study how it profited from Atlantic slavery

The University of Cambridge will conduct a two-year academic study of how much it benefited from the Atlantic slave trade and whether its scholarship reinforced race-based thinking during Britain’s colonial era.