On June 17, 1863, Col. Luigi Palma di Cesnola was forced to watch his men get slaughtered near the village of Aldie, Virginia ...

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The nation's military-backed party has completed a sweeping victory in the country's three-phase general election, state media said, cementing an outcome long expected after a tightly controlled ...

People have participated in collective work stoppages to raise the pressure on employers for more than 150 years.

Human rights groups and some western countries have denounced the election, the first held since the 2021 coup, describing it as neither free nor fair ...

Ever since the Civil War, unions and others have used mass slowdowns and work stoppages to advocate for changing things, especially in times of economic uncertainty.

Records show Bovino was emailed the photo of slave-owning Gen. William Mahone in 2018, with the heading "Chief Bovino." He told the agent who sent it to delete the email but didn't report it to ...