Civil War

Ted Cruz and Beto O'Rourke

Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke agree dead KKK leader should no longer be honored in Tennessee

Ellie Bufkin · July 13, 2019 1:35 am

Buchanan House, residence of the superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, is seen in a Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017 photo, in Annapolis, Md. The home would need to change its name under a bill in Congress.

House defense bill would prevent use of Confederate names for military bases and ships

Regina Barton · July 11, 2019 7:49 pm

Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis

Beltway Confidential

Amid the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis shared fatherly loss

J. Mark Powell · June 16, 2019 4:00 am

Magazine - Personal Finance

Then and Now: Impeachment

Jay Caruso · June 14, 2019 3:00 am

Magazine - Life & Arts

Best Virginia

Jamie Dettmer · June 14, 2019 3:00 am

Actor Danny Glover attends the premiere of "The Dead Don't Die" at the Museum of Modern Art on Monday, June 10, 2019, in New York.

Danny Glover heading to Capitol Hill to talk reparations

Zach Halaschak · June 13, 2019 6:30 pm

Biden voted to restore citizenship to Confederate president Jefferson Davis

Alana Goodman · June 12, 2019 10:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Visit Civil War battlefields, while you can

Quin Hillyer · May 31, 2019 4:00 am

Jackson Police Department investigator Stephanie Horn stands at attention as she protects the wreath posted along the wall of Mississippi Fallen Officers, at the 9th annual Law Enforcement Memorial Candlelight Vigil at the State Capitol Mall, in Jackson, Miss., where fallen lawmen from throughout the state are honored for their dedication and service, Wednesday, May 15, 2019. The service was one of many nationwide during Peace Officers Memorial Day.

Beltway Confidential

Memorial Day’s 25 birthplaces

J. Mark Powell · May 27, 2019 4:00 am

Magazine - Personal Finance

Then and Now: Memorial Day

Seth Mandel · May 17, 2019 4:00 am

A portrait of Confederate president Jefferson Davis, at Beauvoir House, Jefferson Davis' historic home, in Biloxi, Miss., Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012. Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War can be an angst-filled task in Mississippi, with its long history of racial strife and a state flag that still bears the Confederate battle emblem. Well-intentioned Mississippians who work for racial reconciliation say slavery was morally indefensible. Still, some speak in hushed tones as they confess a certain admiration for the valor of Confederate troops who fought for what was, to them, the hallowed ground of home and country.

Name of ‘racist traitor and slaveowner’ Jefferson Davis to be stripped from Virginia highway

Diana Stancy Correll · May 15, 2019 4:42 pm

In this Aug. 6, 2018 photo, a visitor eats lunch in front of a statue of Robert E. Lee that is surrounded by fencing and a No Trespassing sign in Charlottesville, Va. A Virginia judge has ruled that Charlottesvilleâs Confederate statues are war monuments protected by state law.

Virginia judge rules Charlottesville Confederate statues cannot be removed

Julio Rosas · May 1, 2019 4:38 pm