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Researcher who stole 300 WWII dog tags from National Archives sentenced to year in prison

He said he sold the relics partly to pay for an addiction to collecting war memorabilia and to acquire a collection for a museum he dreamed of running one day.

Clarence Thomas’ wife says Jews ‘gave up their firearms to Hitler’

The notion that Jews may have prevented the Holocaust had they been armed, popular in some pro-gun circles, has been debunked by historians, who have noted how outnumbered Jews were in countries in which they were slaughtered.

The U.S. Has a Long History of Militarizing the Mexican Border

Donald Trump’s decision to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexican border is only the latest in a long history of U.S. militarization of its national boundaries.

'I'm A Holocaust Survivor—Trump's America Feels Like Germany Before Nazis Took Over'

He worries about what’s happening right now in America, where he has lived and prospered since arriving a couple of years after Buchenwald’s liberation on April 11, 1945.

Florida Atlantic University professor faces opposition from students after blaming "black supremacy" for slavery

The political scientist has been called a white supremacist.

Great-grandson of lynching victim faces the past: "This is American history"

A remarkable memorial opens later this month in Alabama, dedicated to victims of lynching.

South Carolina lawmakers introduce bill to begin secession debate

South Carolina debated seceding from the Union more than 150 years ago, one of the opening salvos of the Civil War. Now, the topic has come up again, amid a national debate over firearms and gun rights.

Oregon's racist past leaves a stain that's hard to clean

Stories of modern racism were shared at an event, called “Living with the ghosts of our past,” to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Congress passing the Fair Housing Act.

President’s market record slips to 8th from 3rd after trade war with China begins

Here's how his record compares with past presidents'.

Was 1968 America’s Bloodiest Year in Politics?

by Matthew Dallek

Violence included the assassinations of MLK and RFK. Then camera the Democratic Convention of 1968. And all along there was the Vietnam War.

Ted Kennedy’s Chappaquiddick Incident

What really happened?

CIA Debriefed Soviet H-Bomb Eye-Witness in 1957

Secret CIA interviews with defectors, former German POWs, and previously detained German scientists and technicians in the mid-1950s yielded invaluable insights into Soviet nuclear capabilities.

Muslims consider Queen Elizabeth’s ties to the Prophet Muhammad

Reaction to the queen’s purported Muslim extraction has been varied in the Arab world.

Massive Ancient Drawings Found in Peruvian Desert

Armed with satellites and drones, archaeologists discover new Nasca lines and dozens of other enigmatic geoglyphs carved into the earth.

US museum stalls Hiroshima exhibit over nuke weapon ban push

A Japanese museum wants to abolish nukes.  An American museum at Los Alamos is uncomfortable with that message.

These Are the Presidents Who Spoke Multiple Languages (and How Donald Trump Compares)

1. John Adams - Languages learned: Latin, Greek, and French

How M.L.K.’s Death Helped Lead to Gun Control in the U.S.

LBJ had used the death of President John F. Kennedy to pass the Civil Rights Act, and wrung the Voting Rights Act from the Bloody Sunday march from Selma to Montgomery. In 1968 he used MLK's death to pass the Gun Control Act.

Secret use of census info helped send Japanese Americans to internment camps in WWII

In papers presented in 2000 and 2007, historian Margo J. Anderson of the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee and statistician William Seltzer of Fordham University found evidence that census officials cooperated with the government, providing data to target Japanese Americans.

More than 150 Years Later, Canada Exonerates Six Indigenous Chiefs Hanged in 1864

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau affirmed that the chiefs had acted in ‘war, not murder’ when they attacked white settlers who had encroached on their land.

Why People Rioted After Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Assassination

“People were out of control with anger and sadness and frustration.”