I hate paperwork enough when the worst consequence is having to fill out the same form twice. History had much higher stakes.

Here is a look at the census, a count of US residents that takes place every 10 years. The Census Bureau is part of the Department of Commerce. Most recent population information. 2020 Census – US ...

From the Gulf Coast to Puget Sound, these 12 beach towns let retirees live like millionaires on $50,000 a year, with ...

John Steinbeck’s hometown of Salinas is the least affordable city in the US for the middle class, a recent Brookings Institution analysis found ...

The minor errors and inconsistencies don't change the reality of systemic discrimination Black residents encountered in every aspect of life.

Andrew Williams raised a family in Seneca Village and disputed the city’s valuation of his property. A new effort seeks to commemorate the community.

New research using a strand of hair from Thomas Jefferson has effectively settled a longstanding, acrimonious debate: He almost certainly fathered children with Sally Hemings, a young Black woman he ...

There was a man in America who called himself an emperor.He did not seize territory, nor was he elected. He brought a ...

The author challenges the 1619 Project / New History of Capitalism claim that slavery was the engine of U.S. wealth by using Brazil as the harder test: it imported more enslaved Africans than the rest ...

Most of the errors relate to population figures, spelling and the like. The commission's leaders say such are inconsequential ...

Democrats and local activists are scrambling to stop the Trump administration from moving thousands of documents from the Chinese Exclusion Act and Japanese American incarceration out of California.

Mary Grow Vassalboro Prior articles in this subseries have described, as well as available sources allow, some of the ...