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As the man behind Communism, Karl Marx has been revered as a prophet and blamed for some of the darkest atrocities of modern times. In his new biograp...

Homer Plessy—a man of seven-eighths Caucasian descent and one-eighth African descent who was nevertheless considered black under Louisiana law—boar...

Arguments may ensue on the merits of individual barbecue joints, but no one disputes the extent that the “culture” of B-B-Q has helped define every...

Military historian Terry Beckenbaugh examines the failed 1863 attack on the Confederacy’s Fort Wagner on Charleston Harbor – an in...

In the new series Dateline: Washington with David Von Drehle, journalists covering the nation’s capital offer an insider’s look at...

Established in 2005, the Kansas City Fringe Festival has grown into a 10-day celebration of theater, visual arts, film, dance, and music. This year’s...

When it opened 40 years ago, Kansas City International Airport and its three-terminal design was hailed as the most convenient airport in the count...

Artist Glen Hansen presents and discusses the more than three dozen drawings and paintings that make up...

The slave Dred Scott claimed that his residence in a free state transformed him into a free man. When the Court decided otherwise,...

The loss of America was an unexpected defeat for the powerful British Empire. Common wisdom has held that incompetent military commanders and politica...