When the Spanish Civil War broke out in July 1936, after months of persecution against Catholics by the government of the Second Republic and despite having the option of leaving the diocese ...

The largest pre-Civil War mansion in all of the American South burned to the ground as a devastating fire ripped through the historic wooden structure built nearly 200 years ago. Flames broke out ...

That includes the iconic “Battle of Cedar Creek,” painted by Vermonter and Civil War veteran Julian Scott. Scott is known for his realistic artwork showing the psychological anguish and ...

During the Civil War, the compound managed to avoid sustaining any major damage, like many of Louisiana's other large plantations. And even after enslaved people in the U.S. were emancipated ...

War is boring as hell in “The Damned,” an austere western drama set far from the battlefields on the 1862 frontier. It seeks not to tell a story but to capture a set of feelings. None of them ...

Matthew Chapman is a video game designer who attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and lives in San Marcos, Texas. Before joining Raw Story, he wrote for Shareblue and AlterNet, specializing ...

A memorial honouring men from East Lancashire who volunteered to fight fascism in the 1930s Spanish Civil War has been unveiled in Burnley. Men from Pendle, Burnley, Rossendale and Hyndburn are ...

The Rev. James D. Peters Jr., an icon in Denver’s civil rights community and long-time pastor at New Hope Baptist Church, will be remembered as someone who stood up for the most vulnerable ...

Fiscal hawks are lashing out over what they say are the lack of Medicaid reforms in President Trump’s legislative package, which could thwart the House GOP’s goal of passing the legislation ...

45ACP pistol and holster combo. A maximum of 500 tickets will be sold for $5.00 each. Tickets are available for purchase from May 5th until May 16th at 5:00 p.m. The drawing will take place on ...