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Alexandria Ocasio Cortez is the youngest congresswoman in United States history. New Hampshire's Chris Pappas is the first openly gay congressman from his state. PBS NewsHour explains 22 other ways the 116th Congress is the most diverse in recent history. | PBS NewsHour

10K views · 192 reactions | "I think one of the most important things to do is to actually acknowledge the history of the confederacy and to put it away for once and for all," says Margaret Huang, on what can be done to help race relations in the U.S. | PBS NewsHour | Facebook

313K views · 1.7K reactions | WATCH: At Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, a new exhibit brings the largely hidden story of Sally Hemings and her decades-long relationship with the nation's third president into the open. Jeffrey Brown reports. | PBS NewsHour | Facebook