Whether you call it Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples’ Day, one thing is for sure—the holiday, held this year on October 13, churns up a sea of debate that could capsize even the Santa Maria. While ...

A newly analyzed medieval manuscript suggests that sailors from the same region as Christopher Columbus may have known about North America more than a century before his 1492 voyage. The revelation ...

Every October we return to the argument over Columbus Day: what it means, who it honors and whether it belongs on the calendar of modern-day America. We rehearse the same old script: discovery versus ...