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 ...

In May the descendants of Thomas Jefferson's daughters (Martha and Maria) voted by a margin of 93 percent to deny admission to the descendants of Sally Hemings, ...

"I can never fear that things will go far wrong where common sense has fair play," - Thomas Jefferson Have we lost our common ...

Birthright citizenship is a shield of protection to anyone born in this country, as close to a national self-definition as we ...

The Jewish population of Judea and Galilee was divided into three religious groups, two major and one minor. The largest group by numbers were the Pharisees but they were not a majority.

The Alien Enemies Act provides sweeping powers to detain or deport foreign nationals. It’s ripe for abuse, experts say.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote a famous book under the title Why We Can’t Wait.  Besides addressing the crime of slavery ...

This jaw-droppingly popular musical about the Founding Fathers has been on stages around the world for a decade. Does it feel ...

William Mullins and his family boarded the Mayflower at Rotherhithe on the south bank of the Thames in east London in July 1620 along with some 60 fellow pilgrims. The steps down to the jetty used by ...

More than a century later, Thomas Jefferson wasn’t having it ... while coral reefs bleach in the hot oceans, but it’s the descendants of Karel Čapek’s Czech robots that may do us ...

My, oh my, how summer flies! It seems like just yesterday we were (at least I was) grumbling about the cold weather that simply wouldn’t abate. In fact, it was one of the coldest winters and ...