Men detained on suspicion of voter fraud during the presidential election between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden argue with New York law officers in November 1876. (Stock Montage/Getty ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Actor Tom Hanks and former American Civil Liberties Union deputy legal director Jeffery Robinson have produced a new animated short documentary about the contested — and consequential — 1876 ...

1876 was an election year, and Colorado’s admittance to the union would have political consequences. As a “publication of note” back east put it: "There is something repulsive in the idea that a few ...

The Washington Post Opinions section will distribute the animated short How to Rig An Election: The Racist History of the 1876 Presidential Contest, which recently premiered at the SXSW Festival in ...