Torture begins with the stories societies tell about danger, enemies and the supposed necessity of setting the law aside.

In her classroom at Rochester Montessori near the end of the school year, Nancy Richardson had her students stand up and move to one side of the room or the other in response to ...

President Donald Trump said Monday that his sons are running the family business, and suggested in a dubious history lesson ...

Alternative facts have always been with us, and they've always been used to cover up uncomfortable truths. Here's some history you'll want to rewrite in your memory.

By altering history to make the ruling party look great, leaders can more easily justify their current actions in ways that ...

The administration would like us to turn a blind eye to much of our history. My family, three generations of Black educators, ...

Governments often seek to repress the creative energy of human freedom. But the denial of liberty gives birth to resistance.” ...

Our nation is in a state of chaos, politically and economically. Many other nations in the world are in their own states of ...

Today peacebuilders challenge political leaders, resist unjust laws, and work to transform governments that produce war, ...

Moviegoers headed to theaters on the July 4 holiday to watch Young Washington, the new movie about George Washington’s ...

If a historical reckoning can happen in Mission San Juan Capistrano, it can happen anywhere. As we mark 250 years of this ...

The nation's 250th anniversary echoes the 1976 Bicentennial, when a deeply divided country came together for the biggest ...