MPI / Getty Images Every American Should Read This Letter from Chief Justice Who Destroyed FDR's Court-Packing Scheme Of the many similarites between Presidents Biden and Roosevelt, none strike a greater resemblance than their court-packing proposals. By Brett Kershaw May 1, 2021
Underwood Archives / Getty Images FDR Had an Insidious Plan for When Court-Packing Failed - Biden May Be Using it Right Now Franklin Roosevelt would wait two years to devise a plan to reckon with his black-robed counterparts on the high court. By Brett Kershaw April 28, 2021
Al Drago - Pool / Getty Images WaPo Digs Into Sen. Scott's Background to Show He Hasn't Suffered Enough to Be a Real Black, It Backfires as People Step Forward There was backlash from across the political spectrum for this embarassing and racist 'fact-check' into Scott's past. By Isa Cox April 24, 2021
Emily Clements / Heritage Auctions via AP 'One-of-a-Kind' US Coin Prototype Minted in 1794 Fetches Staggering Sum at Auction A copper coin that was struck by the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia as a prototype in 1794 was auctioned off for $840,000. By The Associated Press April 24, 2021
Samuel Corum / Getty Images Fact-Checkers Go After Black Republican Senator for Story of Grandfather Picking Cotton, But They Run Into 1 Big Problem How is it not completely racist to fact-check whether the only black Senator's grandfather actually picked cotton? By Isa Cox April 24, 2021
Shannon Finney / Getty Images National World War I Memorial Opens with Ceremony Honoring 'Proud, Brave Americans' The new World War I Memorial in Washington opened to the public with a ceremony in honor of the veterans who served in the war. By The Associated Press April 16, 2021
Jeff Chiu / AP After Backlash Intensifies, San Francisco May Not Rename Schools After All 'If you aren't here to fight for students, we don't want you here,' one student said to teachers who refuse to reopen schools. By Samantha Chang April 7, 2021
News4JAX / YouTube screen shot Florida School District Seeking to Censor History Looks at New Names for Schools 'I just cannot say enough about the school pride and our enthusiasm for all things Robert E. Lee,' one former student said. By Jack Davis April 6, 2021
Constantine Androsoff / Shutterstock Trees Are Now Racist? School Worries 'Evergreen' Mascot May Be Linked to Lynching A Portland, Oregon, school is holding off on naming a new mascot while administrators decide whether trees are racist. By Kipp Jones April 6, 2021
Erik Erhorn / Facebook screen shot Man Renovating Home Discovers Letter from 1886 Hidden Behind Baseboard Originally built in 1870, part of the house had been remodeled, but a few pieces of history were still lurking, waiting to be discovered. By Amanda Thomason April 5, 2021