It was 1859. The analogies to the current state of American politics are not precise and even paradoxical. To begin with, John Brown, though crazy and bloodthirsty, was on the right side of history.

In this lesson, students interrogate their own assumptions about Abraham Lincoln in order to arrive at a deeper understanding of who Lincoln was. They investigate primary source documents in order to ...

Quentin Earl Darrington, left, who portrays Frederick Douglass, and Ivan Hernandez, who plays Abraham Lincoln, of the musical "3 Summers of Lincoln," making its world premiere at La Jolla Playhouse.

The Nov. 7 editorial, “Yes, there is a reason to watch the Republican debate,” rightfully asserted that former president Donald Trump “could defeat President Biden a year from now.” The 2016 election ...

Mr. Vorenberg teaches at Brown University and is the author of the forthcoming book “Lincoln’s Peace: The Struggle to End the American Civil War.” The Democratic National Convention is over. Kamala ...

President Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address as the Civil War neared its conclusion set a tone for President-elect Donald Trump to emulate during his second occupancy of the White House ...

Eight score and three years ago—on Sept. 22, 1862—President Abraham Lincoln issued a bold executive order, now known as the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, that changed the meaning of the Civil ...

"Electability" has emerged as a contentious issue among pundits, party activists and politicos during the early stages of the Democratic presidential primary. Columnists in The Washington Post and ...

1862: President Abraham Lincoln reading the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that all those enslaved in rebel-held territory would be "thenceforward, and forever, free." Credit - MPI/Getty ...