History

A statue of Sen. Richard Russell stands in the rotunda of a Senate office building named after him.

Politics & Government

Why Sen. Chuck Schumer Wants To Rename A Senate Building After John McCain

1:24pm August 27, 2018

by Brian Naylor

Sen. Richard Russell, whose name is on the building, represented Georgia in the Senate for nearly four decades. Russell's legislative accomplishments were many, but his legacy has a darker side.

The Confederate soldier "Silent Sam" statue seen in 2017. Protesters toppled it last week and protesters gathered again on Saturday.

7 Arrested In Protests Over Confederate Statue At UNC Chapel Hill

7:30am August 26, 2018

by James Doubek

Groups supporting and opposing the presence of a statue of a Confederate soldier gathered again on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Dean Norton, the director of horticulture at Mount Vernon, stands in front of the plot of hemp grown this year.

Politics & Government

After Centuries, Hemp Makes A Comeback At George Washington's Home

3:00pm August 23, 2018

by Brakkton Booker

George Washington grew cannabis. Not the kind you toke, but the kind to make rope. Industrial hemp was returned to Mount Vernon this year to help cultivate a new image for the crop.

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An illustration of Little Women's Jo, Beth, Meg and Amy by British artist Harold Copping.

Books
Arts

After 150 Years, 'Little Women' Still Resonates

11:21am August 23, 2018

by Ilana Masad

In Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy, Anne Boyd Rioux describes how the sisterly bond of the March girls that Louisa May Alcott created many years ago remains a paragon of female friendship and inspiration.

San Diego high school students await a bus ride to Blythe, Calif., to go pick cantaloupes in the summer of 1965. They were recruited as part of the A-TEAM, a government program to replace migrant farm workers with high school students.

National

When The U.S. Government Tried To Replace Migrant Farmworkers With High Schoolers

10:41am August 23, 2018

by Gustavo Arellano

In 1964, a program that brought migrant Mexican laborers to the U.S. ended. So the U.S. recruited American students to pick crops instead. When they saw their living conditions, strikes ensued.

University Charter School's first integrated class poses for a photo.

In A Segregated County, A New Charter School Offers An Alternative

8:13am August 23, 2018

by Sherrel Wheeler Stewart

Only about half of University Charter School's 300-plus students are black. That's a rarity in Sumter County, Ala., which, like many school systems, has struggled to achieve integration.

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Politics & Government

Hemp Industry Turns To George Washington For Help With Its Image

5:07am August 23, 2018

by Brakkton Booker

Activists hope a hemp crop at George Washington's historic home in Virginia will help provide an image makeover for the member of the cannabis family, and promote its usefulness in a modern world.

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Politics & Government

What Does It Take To Impeach A President?

5:00am August 23, 2018

by Ron Elving

No president of the United States has ever been removed from office by impeachment. But efforts to impeach presidents date back to the 1840s.

A historical commission decided that Confederate monuments at the State Capitol building in Raleigh, including this one recognizing the North Carolina women of the Confederacy, will not be moved.

National

3 North Carolina Confederate Monuments Will Stay In Place, Commission Decides

11:35pm August 22, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

It also recommends at least one monument to be added to the Capitol grounds that highlights the contributions of the state's African American citizens, and new signage on the existing statues.

Gay Pride marchers parade through Manhattan carrying a banner that reads, "A.I.D.S.: We need research, not hysteria!" in June 1983.

Long Before Facebook, The KGB Spread Fake News About AIDS

9:40pm August 22, 2018

by Jasmine Garsd

In the 1980s, the Soviet Union and allies participated in a widespread disinformation campaign: disseminating the theory that HIV, which causes AIDS, had been manufactured by the United States.

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