Rejecting Columbus Day is not about erasing history, but about refusing to perpetuate a national holiday rooted in myth, ...

The first people to arrive in the Western Hemisphere were Indigenous Americans, who were descended from an ancestral group of Ancient North Siberians and East Asians. They likely traveled along the ...

Christopher Columbus's journey to the Americas demonstrates how courage can overcome fear and uncertainty in both exploration ...

Italian-American community leaders condemn NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani over 2020 photo showing disrespect toward ...

A documentary shown this Saturday on Spanish TV proposed a new theory on the origins of the admiral who arrived in America: ...

Folks who want to imagine they’ve discovered America by sailing on Christopher Columbus’ ship the Santa Maria are outta luck ...

Public officials who have fallen victim to brief, distorted and whitewashed versions of the Christopher Columbus story that appeared in mid- to late-19th Century elementary school history textbooks ...

Columbus wasn't the first European to reach the Western Hemisphere; the Vikings had landed in Newfoundland about 500 years ...

Communities move away from commemorating Columbus holiday. Oct. 12, 2009 -- While Federal government offices in Washington, D.C. are closed for Columbus Day, students in Maryland, just a few miles ...

Columbus Day 2025 is today, October 13. Here's what's open and closed on the federal holiday—from Walmart and UPS to Nasdaq ...