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What really happened during the 1993 Waco siege between the government and mysterious cult leader David Koresh may never be known. But intriguing clues remain. Read More

Although he's best known for breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier, Robinson's poise and strength in the face of adversity, both on and off the field, are why we still honor him today. Read More

Since 1950, individual income taxes have been the primary source of revenue for the U.S. federal government. Read More

Some blame Mikhail Gorbachev for the collapse of the Soviet Union. But the economy and political structure were already in deep decay. Read More

Approximately 700 miles of barbed wire, chain link, post-and-rail and wire mesh fencing has been erected along the border. Read More

The Great Compromise was forged during the 1787 Constitutional Convention: Larger states wanted congressional representation based on population, while smaller states wanted equal representation. Read More

For nearly seven decades, the Kim family dynasty has warned the North Korean people that the U.S. is a murderous superpower—and their only chance of survival is nuclear-level readiness for an American attack. Read More

The D-Day military invasion that helped to end World War II was one the most ambitious and consequential military campaigns in human history. Read More

Few observers expected the issue of whether Clarence Thomas should serve on the U.S. Supreme Court to become a firestorm—and a national referendum on sexual harassment. Read More

The public may get answers to some of the most tantalizing remaining questions about the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy as soon as April 26, 2018, when the final documents are set to be released. Read More

In 1930, raising tariffs across the board hurt the U.S. economy. Read More

Lawmakers thought focusing on family unification would preserve the immigration status quo. The result was just the opposite. Read More

Journalists have angered presidents from the earliest days of America’s founding.

Joseph McCarthy's brand of populism proved much darker than, say, Ronald Reagan's. Read More

Meet Lin Farley, the woman who helped coin the term 'sexual harassment.' Read More

At age 111, World War II veteran Richard Overton still enjoys his whiskey and cigars. Read More

The tradition began during a time of national sorrow Read More

When NFL players took a knee and locked arms this weekend, it wasn't the first time players have taken a stand on issues of racial injustice. Read More

For a long time, it wasn't possible to immigrate “Illegally" to the U.S. Read More

On Memorial Day, many Americans choose to wear a red poppy as a symbol of remembrance, and a way of honoring the sacrifice of the men and women who have been killed fighting for their country. In a similar spirit of remembrance, people in other countries—including the United Kingdom, Canada, France and Belgium—don red poppies every November 11, to commemorate the anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I. But how did this bright red flower (well, it’s technically a weed, but we’ll get to that) become such a potent and universal symbol of wartime sacrifice? The story goes back to a Canadian military surgeon who wrote one of the war’s most famous poems, and the American university professor inspired by his words.