Forget everything you know about the United States of America. It is not united anymore, but divided into several independent nations. No, this isn’t the result of a divisive election. What would this ...

A new target for protestors is the image of Christopher Columbus, the 15th-century settler who claimed to have discovered America. In Detroit, a cardboard sign has appeared around a bust that stands ...

Christopher Columbus sailed westward in 1492, hoping to find a new route to China and South Asia, but he hit a major roadblock — the Americas — and landed in the Caribbean. Columbus wasn't the first ...

Somehow, the 15th-century Italian explorer still got his own national holiday. But more cities and states are scrapping Columbus Day to honor the people who were here first — and who suffered greatly ...