Harvard economist Roland Fryer explains how examining plantation records and market prices deepens our understanding of a devastating chapter in American history. When America celebrates its 250th ...

Jones, author of The 1619 Project, delivered the Elizabeth Turner Jordan ’59 Distinguished Lecture in the Humanities at the ...

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The Columbia School Board approved an agreement at its Monday night meeting to accept a grant for four people in the district to assess The 1619 Project materials. The 1619 Project is a New York Times ...

RICHMOND, Ind. — Nikole Hannah Jones, creator of "The 1619 Project," will be part of a 75-minute moderated discussion called "In Conversation about Truth, History and The 1619 Project" during the ...

Nikole Hannah-Jones responds to the controversy around her work. When "The 1619 Project" debuted two years ago as a special issue of The New York Times magazine, it both gained critical acclaim and ...

Washington Gave Bigotry No Sanction. We Should Do the Same Mr. Conservative and the Minister Sorkin Rounds Up the Usual Suspects This Thanksgiving, Heed the Words of George Washington Thanksgiving Day ...

Armed members of the West Virginia National Guard are positioned across from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. [AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.] Six years ago this month, on August ...

The Arkansas Senator says the nation was not built on slavery. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., has introduced legislation to prohibit federal funds for public schools to teach The 1619 Project, an initiative ...

“Everybody that thought about the 1619 Project … saw that the Smithsonian had fingerprints on it,” Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch III once said with pride, a curious boast given the Project’s many ...