Stone Mountain Park has the world's largest Confederate monument, a mural carved into rock depicting Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson.

A volunteer searching the archives of the American Baptist in Massachusetts has found a nearly 180-year-old document shedding ...

Vermont becomes first U.S. territory to abolish slavery. By 1783, New Hampshire and Massachusetts had followed Vermont’s lead ...

The court’s choice to punt a key redistricting case signals trouble for the future of the Voting Rights Act. Truthout is an ...

A New York City jury's decision Wednesday to convict Sean "Diddy" Combs on prostitution-related offenses and acquit the music mogul on sex trafficking and racketeering charges was the latest in a line ...