On Feb. 6, 1899, Congress approved the Treaty of Paris, which also ceded the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam to the U.S.

In America's recent past, there have been other historic raids on immigrant communities to counter political and social ...

The antiabortion movement is trying hard to block access to abortion pills and restrict telehealth reproductive care. But ...

The Rio Grande Valley is full of rich history going back centuries. There is a lot of Black History that is not really known.

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No longer just campaign trail rhetoric, President Donald Trump’s insistence that immigration to the United States amounts to an “invasion” may be critical to unlocking extraordinary powers as the ...

Jewish Voice for Peace says the order follows the Heritage Foundation’s broader plan to dismantle US civil society.

As growth in North Texas booms amid a more extreme climate, solar energy is needed to help stabilize the state’s electrical ...

Franklin County is old, by Texas standards. Spanish explorers, the Cherokee people, Sam Houston and Davy Crockett traveled through here. Lineage and family farms in this northeast Texas county predate ...

The proposal failed last session after protests and criticism that it was discriminatory. Any ban would almost certainly be ...

Iconic songs by Sam Cooke, Kim Weston, Public Enemy, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar and more depict ...

Gen. John Magruder, a Virginia-born Confederate general, took charge of Texas defenses from late 1862 onward, and led a ...