In a new book, the historian Mark Peterson argues that our founding document is rooted in ideals of expansion and conquest ...

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The West African nation of Ghana will introduce a historic resolution at the United Nations General Assembly this week.

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John Ficklin was 7 when he learned that his father was important. It was 1963, and the nation was mourning President John F. Kennedy.

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The resolution also urges "the prompt and unhindered restitution" of cultural items — including artworks, monuments, museum ...

The U.N. General Assembly’s resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans “the gravest crime against humanity” ...

Ghana’s resolution represents a decisive step in an ongoing effort of historical reclamation and political transformation.

"There is an America that is more free — where there's more equality, where there is more justice, where there is less ...