zimmytws / Getty ImagesPremium Lincoln's 'House Divided' Speech Echoes Loudly Amid Our Current Crisis: 'Become All One Thing or All the Other' From accusations of conspiracy to cries against moral indifference, Lincoln's famous speech offers parallels and lessons for our time. By Michael Schwarz February 11, 2024
The View / YouTube screen shotCommentary Sunny Hostin Learns a Painful Lesson About Reparations as Spanish Ancestor's History Becomes Known "I'm enriched by knowing that my family has come so far from being enslavers to my mother marrying my father in 1968." By C. Douglas Golden February 9, 2024
The View / YouTube screen shot Host from 'The View' Shocked as She Learns Her Ancestors 'Likely' Owned Slaves Sunny Hostin, who often portrays those with whom she disagrees as racists, is apparently a direct descendant of a Spanish slave trafficker. By Johnathan Jones February 8, 2024
Charles Sykes - Invision / APPremium Dem 'Squad' Member Pushes Whopping $14 Trillion Slavery Reparations Plan Gaining Traction - All You Need to Know HR 414 justifies reparations with historical half-truths or outright distortions, and the proposed price tag makes matters worse. By Michael Schwarz February 2, 2024
D. Lentz / Getty ImagesPremium The Founders and Slavery: How Vivek Ramaswamy Could Have Defended Thomas Jefferson with Confidence Thomas Jefferson's anti-slavery legacy includes much that his political descendants — including Vivek Ramaswamy — should celebrate. By Michael Schwarz January 29, 2024
Spencer Platt / Getty ImagesCommentary House Democrat Proposes $14 Trillion Reparations Plan for Black Americans The $14 trillion in proposed reparations can be paid without raising taxes, according to the representative proposing the plan. By Rachel M. Emmanuel January 22, 2024
PBS / Video screen shotCommentary Watch: 'Roots' Star LeVar Burton Stunned to Learn He Is Descended from a Confederate Soldier Burton's discovery of a Confederate ancestor should remind us of deep historical complexities that defy simple-minded wokeness. By Michael Schwarz January 18, 2024
John Parrot - Stocktrek Images / Getty ImagesPremium Southern Confederates Believed They Were Racially Superior to Northern Whites An obscure 1860 essay revealed aspects of the ruling-class mind that help explain mutual contempt and the ferocity of civil war. By Michael Schwarz January 8, 2024
Peter Dazeley / Getty Images Methodist Church Calls on Ministers 'to Repent of Any Hurtful Language' like 'Husband' and 'Wife' The guidance warns that such terms "make assumptions about a family or personal life that is not the reality for many people." By Ben Kew December 30, 2023
WMUR-TV / YouTube screen shotCommentary Nikki Haley Receives Backlash After Word Salad on Civil War During Campaign Stop Sidestepping a touchy question about American history comes across as an act of political expediency rather than conviction. By Rachel M. Emmanuel December 28, 2023