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Winston Churchill essay on 'aliens' found: 'British Bulldog' had a philosophical streak

A newly rediscovered essay by the famed British prime minister written on the eve of World War II discussed the possibility of life elsewhere in the universe.

Doppelgänger ethics: Why Austria arrested a Hitler double

Austrian police say they detained the man after witnesses reported seeing him repeatedly in front of the home where Adolf Hitler was born.

'The first Oval Office': Museum will showcase Washington’s Revolutionary War tent

Dubbed “the first Oval Office,” the canvas tent will be the cornerstone of the Philadelphia-based Museum’s collection of approximately 3,000 Revolutionary War-era artifacts.

On this 75th anniversary of the order to intern Japanese-Americans, many are seeing parallels to the immigration ban

At the start of World War II, the U.S. opened 10 camps that interned 120,000 people, including the most famous one, Manzanar, in Northern California.

Black slave inventors are finally getting some recognition from scholars

by Shontavia Johnson

America's always had black inventors – even when the patent system explicitly excluded them.

Black 2nd-Graders at L.A. Elementary School Get Math Homework With a Word Problem About Slavery

"How many more slaves are needed in the cotton fields?"

Why back-channels with Russia cost Michael Flynn his job

by Richard A. Moss

Back-channel contacts between Washington and Moscow are hardly unprecedented, but Trump's were a disorganized mess. 

10 questions and answers about America’s “Big Government”

1. What is “Big Government?”

Federal government moves to pay Guam war reparations

The money will reward Guam residents for standing by the US during the Japanese occupation of World War 2. 

Amazon selling books in US, UK online stores that deny the Holocaust

Amazon has removed books that deny the Holocaust from online stores in countries where Holocaust denial is illegal, but they remain available in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Yale to change Calhoun College’s name

The decision followed the issuance of a report by a committee including two historians:  John Lewis Gaddis and Robert A. Lovett.

Steve Bannon Cited Italian Thinker Who Inspired Fascists

Julius Evola was a darling of Italian Fascists and has caught on in the far-right circles Stephen K. Bannon nurtured at Breitbart News and harnessed for President Trump.

Half of Trump’s Voters Want a ‘White History Month’

They're also using the Bowling Green Massacre (which isn't real) to defend his Muslim ban.

The man who declared the ‘end of history’ fears for democracy’s future

"Twenty five years ago, I didn't have a sense or a theory about how democracies can go backward. And I think they clearly can.” – Francis Fukuyama

A Filibuster on a Supreme Court Nomination Is So Rare It's Only Worked Once

That's not to say that nobody has ever come close.

Now Tanzania Seeks German Reparations Over Colonial Acts

This follows a move by Namibia for reparations.

Letters From Jacqueline Kennedy to the Man She Didn’t Marry

Newly discovered letters from Mrs. Kennedy to Lord Harlech, whose heart she broke, explain her decision to marry Aristotle Onassis.

Alleged mastermind tells Obama 9/11 was America’s fault

“It was not we who started the war against you in 9/11. It was you and your dictators in our land,” Khalid Sheik Mohammed, 51, writes in the 18-page letter to Obama.

Steve Bannon Believes The Apocalypse Is Coming And War Is Inevitable

This is what he told historian David Kaiser in 2009.

Democrats try to shame GOP over White House Holocaust statement

Democrats took to the House floor Tuesday to blast the White House for not mentioning Jewish people in its statement recognizing International Holocaust Remembrance Day Jan. 27.