In 1984, a shooting on a New York City subway thrust Bernie Goetz into the center of the national spotlight. After opening ...

Even during his lifetime, Washington faced criticism for holding slaves. In 1775, British essayist Samuel Johnson criticized ...

George Washington kept slaves as president, but a federal display commemorating them has now been dismantled in Philadelphia.

The film, “Unraveling George,” received a standing ovation during a screening ahead of Villanova’s game against Georgetown on Wednesday.

Stephen Colbert ripped into White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt for her latest defense of one of President Trump’s gaffes. During Trump’s speech at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday, ...

There’s nothing new about calling George Orwell’s most influential novel prescient. But the focus has usually been on his portrayal of the oppressive aspects of life in Oceania, the superstate in ...