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 ...

To say that Christopher Columbus was a latecomer to the Western Hemisphere would be an understatement. By the time he arrived in 1492, the Native Americans had been there for tens of thousands of ...

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 ...