A campaign by Republican lawmakers in several states to prohibit the teaching of the New York Times’ 1619 Project in public schools has reignited the debate over who controls our understanding of the ...

Here is the truth, African Americans built this country for free. Yes, I said it. The horrors of the American slave trade contributed to America’s current economic success, military might, and role in ...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and fellow Republicans are demanding President Biden's Education Department block a planned history education proposal that invokes the 1619 Project. McConnell ...

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What does it mean to tell a country's story? In August 2019, The New York Times Magazine proposed one answer to this question for the United States. A package of essays taking up an entire issue of ...

Angela landed in the Virginia Colony in the sweltering summer of 1619, after being brutally snatched from her native Africa. Along with other Africans, she was held captive in the bowels of a boat ...

Nikole Hannah-Jones talks with Ben Kieffer about her new book and returning to Waterloo for a conversation with Rev. Ray Dial. Hannah-Jones is a local of Waterloo. She will return to her hometown ...

The cinematic adaptation of The 1619 Project, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times essay series that accelerated the vociferous debate over Critical Race Theory, makes its debut on Hulu tonight.

The Times' 1619 Project director Nikole Hannah-Jones now argues that 1619 wasn't the "true founding" of America. Stefan Jeremiah Not content with aiming to rewrite American history with its 1619 ...

An Iowa measure to ban public schools from using a project that teaches about slavery won subcommittee approval Tuesday, making it eligible for consideration by the state's House Education Committee.