Ambridge, Pennsylvania is exactly that kind of place – a small-town treasure nestled along the Ohio River where history isn’t confined to museums but lives and breathes in every brick and storefront.

Controversial Zinn Education Project curriculum adopted by 176,000+ teachers nationwide teaches American history through lens of racial oppression in public schools.

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Fort Madison, Iowa, with its well-preserved riverfront, sits directly across the Mississippi. Keokuk, Iowa, with its impressive lock and dam system, is a short drive downriver. But Nauvoo’s greatest ...

1999: Chicago Bears Hall of Famer Walter Payton died of bile duct cancer and liver failure at age 45. “The last 12 months have been extremely tough on me and my family. … Our greatest thanks goes out ...

Federal officials say overhauling the process is necessary to ensure that only fully qualified immigrants become citizens.

Federal judges have ruled that the Trump administration must continue funding SNAP during the government shutdown. Friday's decisions came just before ...

The threat to shut off food stamps is part of a broader social counter-revolution, which will not stop until the oligarchs ...

The New York Times recently reported that the Trump administration is “considering a radical overhaul” of the refugee system ...

“When JD Vance had hit his lowest, it was his ‘Hindu’ wife and her Hindu upbringing that had helped him navigate through the ...

Trump’s sweeping use of executive orders is pushing the Supreme Court to decide how much power the presidency really has.

The United States is facing an increasingly dangerous wave of Islamic terrorist threats, a problem that stems directly from ...