A growing body of evidence suggests she might have survived into old age — which would entirely change the story of America’s ...

Yale was a governor and president of the East India Company, which was directly involved in the trafficking of enslaved people. Yale made his first donation in 1813, and in 1845 the college was ...

"Robert Kennedy Jr., who is as dangerous as any of President Trump’s cabinet appointments AND noticeably silent on anything ...

I received a message from Jim Ryan, the president of the University of Virginia. At first, I thought it was like countless others I have received over the years, since I defended my PhD dissertation ...

The University of Virginia and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello have announced the recipients of the 2025 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medals, awarded each year to national and ...

A Louisiana landscape of centuries-old sugar cane plantations and enduring Afro-Creole culture along the Mississippi River had been eligible for receiving rare federal protection following a multi ...

The agency withdrew the 11-mile stretch of land known as Great River Road from consideration for National Historic Landmark designation at the request of state officials, who celebrated the move ...

The National Park Service withdrew Louisiana’s Great River Road from federal historic landmark consideration after state officials opposed it ...

Direct descendants of Jefferson, as well as a number of historians, are interviewed for the six-part docuseries.

Young Thomas Jefferson's lack of skill with women — including one who turned down his marriage proposal — is explored in the new documentary series 'Thomas Jefferson'.