The New Yorker18h
Annette Gordon-Reed on the Dark Side of the American Story
The morning after the election, the historian discussed some books that shed light on the precedents for our fractured ...
Rolling Back America’s 21st-Century Scandalmongers
AmericaÂ’s struggle with facts versus fabrication and truth versus conspiracy theories has been going on for centuries. Thomas ...
Biggest Presidential Scandals in US History
No president is perfect and a job as complex as leading the United States brings about scandals is almost every ...
Boise State Public Radio20d
For painter Titus Kaphar, forgiveness is 'a weight lifted off of your shoulders'
His 2014 painting, "Behind the Myth of Benevolence," for instance, peels away a portrait of Thomas Jefferson to reveal the ...
Smithsonian Magazine13d
Descendant of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings Learns Details of Their Relationship
The fact that Thomas Jefferson had children with Sally Hemings was denied by Jefferson's family for almost two centuries–until DNA evidence confirmed it. A descendent of Sally Hemings learns the ...
KUOW21d
For painter Titus Kaphar, forgiveness is 'a weight lifted off of your shoulders'
His 2014 painting, "Behind the Myth of Benevolence," for instance, peels away a portrait of Thomas Jefferson to reveal the face of Sally Hemings, a woman who Jefferson enslaved. Now, with his ...
shorenewsnetwork2d
Should Trump Defund the Left-Leaning, Taxpayer Subsidized NPR?
Instead, NPR aired a segment discussing Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration’s primary author, and his relationship with Sally ...
This Year’s Election Dramas Are Tranquil Compared With America’s First Presidential Contests
The election of 1800 alone featured almost everything that's made President Trump's three presidential contests a wild ride.