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Japan's historic economic comeback shows just how screwed China is right now
China is facing the same kind of economic collapse that hit Japan in the 1990s. But it might get ev…
Linette Lopez
Another tourist is facing backlash for defacing the Colosseum, but an archaeologist says people have 'always' defaced monuments like this. We just care more now.
In previous centuries, people wrote their names on the Colosseum walls to show they'd visited. Some…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
The king of the Netherlands gave a monumental first-person apology for slavery. Royal experts say King Charles should follow suit, and prepare to do more.
King Willem-Alexander asked for "forgiveness for this crime against humanity" in a speech at a nati…
Maria Noyen
Taylor Hale, the 'sword' of 'Big Brother' season 24, reflects on her 'monumental' win and moving on
"I'm just now able to grapple with how monumental it was," #BB24's Taylor Hale said. "Not just for …
Taylor Ardrey
Portraits of the Queen have been projected onto Stonehenge in tribute to her 70-year reign
The 5,000-year-old world heritage site had eight portraits from the Queen's lifetime projected onto…
Armani Syed
One man's 21-year protest to take down a Confederate monument - and force his Texas town to face its racist legacy
One man had been protesting a Confederate monument in his Texas town since the 1990s. In 2020, it w…
Lisa Bubert
Biden revokes Trump executive order for sculpture garden of 'American Heroes'
Biden also rescinded an order that directed the Department of Justice to prioritize prosecutions fo…
John L. Dorman
A Tennessee commission voted to remove the bust of the KKK's first grand wizard from state Capitol
According to local reports, the bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest will be removed from the state Capit…
Taylor Ardrey
Georgia removed 2 Confederate statues in 1 week as cities continue to reckon with racist pasts
Confederate statues were removed from Georgia's city of Dalton and Gwinnett County nearly 9 months …
Bre'Anna Grant
A car parked for 47 years in the same spot on an Italian street becomes a monument
Residents of Conegliano said that the car had become an iconic fixture of the town and a selfie opp…
Alia Shoaib
Hurricane Laura knocked down a Confederate 'Defender's Monument' in Louisiana, weeks after local officials voted to keep it
Weeks after officials voted to keep a Confederate monument outside the Calcasieu Parish courthouse …
Susie Neilson
Trump is defending Confederate monuments as his GOP allies compare anti-racism protesters to the Confederacy
The president's allies are trying to portray anti-racism protesters and their agenda that opposes t…
John Haltiwanger
Trump announced a 'National Garden' to honor 'American heroes.' Here's who he wants to memorialize.
The garden will feature a series of lifelike statues to honor at least 31 iconic Americans, none of…
Ellen Cranley
Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy signal openness to renaming US Army bases that honor Confederate leaders
"The secretary of the Army is open to a bi-partisan discussion on the topic," a spokesperson said M…
Charles Davis
Unknown Facts About Mamallapuram (Mahabalipuram)
The monuments you see today in Mamallapuram were built by the Pallava Kings who ruled this region …
The W Washington DC is a top pick for sightseers, located just steps from the White House and Washington Monument with historic architecture and contemporary interiors, but standard rooms are small and oddly shaped
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Jen Karetnick
A property flipper bought a historic Black cemetery after the city of Tampa unexpectedly lost control of the property in a blind auction. The city's mayor 'may as well have spit on those graves,' preservationist says.
Preservationist Aileen Henderson told Insider the history of selling Black bodies is "repeating its…