A white woman and a woman she enslaved joined forces to spy on the Confederate White House. A Virginia Opera production, ...

Rachel Pizzolato explores why headstones are so close together in history.

In June 1866, just over a year after the Civil War ended, young Jewish men in Richmond, Virginia, removed their coats and set ...

While exploring the woods beside an old road, we stumbled onto a large plantation-era slave cemetery that stretches far beyond what we first expected. As we walked deeper, local history revealed ...

While most kids his age would likely spend a Saturday morning sleeping in, teenager Josh Bourbon had a better idea – honoring soldiers from his area’s Civil War past. Bourbon, a life scout with Troop ...

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces carried out mass killings in Darfur and attempted to conceal them with mass graves, ...

(RNS) — As government-aligned troops return to Sudan’s capital, its Anglican cathedral begins its recovery from years of civil war.

Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio apologized on Sunday to victims of the country's 1991-2002 civil war that killed ...

It’s the time of year when plastic Mardi Gras beads are in plentiful supply – at parties, parades, fundraising events and ...

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces carried out mass killings in Darfur and attempted to conceal them with mass graves, ...

Drone strikes have intensified in and around al-Obeid in central Sudan as the country's devastating civil war closes in on ...

The historic Nottinghamshire market town boasts medieval heritage and riverside charm, but locals fear for its future as a ...