This is the fifth in a series of articles about Marshalltown street names. Today’s article identifies the five city streets ...

When I finished reading the preface to Stacy Lynn's Loving Lincoln: A Personal History of the Women Who Shaped Lincoln's Life ...

According to myth, the ghost of George Washington cursed anyone serving more than four years. But a nonconsecutive second ...

Before they got to the White House, these future presidents worked as lawyers, journalists, and businessmen.

America the Beautiful” by Katharine Lee Bates is as much critique as celebration, writes documentary filmmaker. While Bates’ ...

Charles Sumner is best known as the statesman caned within an inch of his life on the Senate floor for speaking against the expansion of slavery.  Sumner counted among his friends Ralph Waldo Emerson, ...

The US Constitution says any natural-born citizen over 35 who has lived in the country for at least 14 years can run for ...

Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, but organizers of this year’s celebration on the Greenville Town Common are feting local achievements during Saturday’s celebration.

The convention had just reached its monumental high point, and the 40-year-old attorney from Massachusetts excitedly wrote ...

Jones's book Allan Pinkerton offers a riveting account of a largely overlooked figure whose shadow still looms over modern ...

Artists and writers from around the world have conveyed black people’s struggles, triumphs and contributions to American culture through a diverse array of mediums, drawing on personal experiences and ...

For social justice activist Glenn Harris, President Donald Trump’s statement on Juneteenth, arguing there are “too many ...