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Sneak peek: D.C.’s huge new Museum of the Bible includes lots of tech — but not a lot of Jesus

“The museum has fence posts — limits. It doesn’t overtly say the Bible is good — that the Bible is true,” said Steve Green, the Hobby Lobby chief executive and chair of the museum.

Tufts Project Maps The Landmarks Of Black Boston

The Tufts Center for the Study of Race and Democracy, together with the Tufts Data Lab, embarked on a mission to document significant sites that reflect local African-American history.

The JFK Document Dump Could Be a Fiasco Say These Two Scholars

by Philip Shenon and Larry J. Sabato

Later this month, the National Archives is set to release thousands of documents about John F. Kennedy’s assassination. It’s likely to fuel conspiracy theorists for years.

The book Mattis reads to be prepared for war with North Korea

What America’s top military leaders have learned from a 54-year-old history of the Korean War.

Civil War’s legacy hangs over a plaque honoring Confederate soldiers

A plaque honoring Confederate soldiers was placed on the Jefferson County Courthouse in West Virginia, where slaves were once sold.

Advocates are starting to push for LGBTQ history to be taught in public schools

October is LGBTQ History Month.

U.S. Planned for Military Occupation of Cuba

The U.S. military drew up plans to occupy Cuba and establish a temporary government headed by a U.S. “commander and military governor” during the 1962 missile crisis, new documents disclose.

New picture emerges of Mata Hari, who faced firing squad 100 years ago

Freshly unearthed documents recast the Great War’s most notorious spy as a mother who left an abusive marriage and as a scapegoat for war-torn France looking to distract from heavy casualties on the front lines.

Massive section of Western Wall and Roman theater uncovered after 1,700 years

Sought for 150 years, the remarkable discovery of the small theater changes archaeologists' perceptions of Roman-conquered Jerusalem after the fall of the Second Temple.

Why did Biloxi pull ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ from the 8th grade lesson plan?

Kenny Holloway, vice president of the Biloxi School Board said, “There were complaints about it. There is some language in the book that makes people uncomfortable, and we can teach the same lesson with other books.

Confederate statues still stand in rural Virginia

The chorus of opposition to Confederate monuments has yet to strike a chord in southwestern Virginia, where the service of the “brave men and women” who fought and died for the Confederacy is enshrined in the statue of a soldier in the center of the city.

Fight over national monuments intensifies

House Republicans are moving forward with a bill to reform a century-old conservation law, raising the stakes in their ongoing effort to curtail the president's’ ability to set aside wide swaths of federal land as national monuments and protect them from future development.

To Inspire Young Communists, China Turns to ‘Red Army’ Schools

Textbooks are getting a larger dose of Communist Party lore, including glorified tales about the party’s fights against foreign invaders like Japan.

Martin Luther: Reluctant reformer who rocked Christianity 500 years ago

Five hundred years ago this month, Martin Luther set out to challenge his church and ended up starting what would become known as the Protestant Reformation.

‘Allah’ Is Found on Viking Funeral Clothes

The discovery of Arabic characters that spell “Allah” and “Ali” on Viking funeral costumes in boat graves in Sweden has raised questions about the influence of Islam in Scandinavia.

Documenting U.S. Role in Democracy’s Fall and Dictator’s Rise in Chile

An exhibition at the Museum of Memory and Human Rights in Santiago displays once-secret documents that describe covert operations and intelligence gathering on the Pinochet dictatorship.

Fact Check: Trump vs. Grassley on tax cuts in history

President Donald Trump is going around mischaracterizing his tax plan as the largest tax cut in U.S. history and a Republican senator is calling him out on it.

The Ancient Origins of Both Light and Dark Skin

A study of diverse people from Africa shows that the genetic story of our skin is more complicated than previously thought.

Scholar Deciphers 3,200-Year-Old Inscription That Could Shed Light on the “Sea People”

But the Luwian language text’s unproven provenance calls its authenticity into question.

U.S. Pulls Out of Unesco for the Second Time

Unesco has become most well known for maintaining a list of more than 1,000 world heritage sites, locations worldwide that the agency deems worthy of protection.