The American Civil War didn’t start suddenly in 1861—it was the result of decades of tension slowly tearing the country apart. As the U.S. expanded westward, every new territory reignited the ...

In recent stories and his new novel, George Saunders’s writing has begun feel frustrated, spiritually and artistically.

Peekskill's annual Lincoln Day celebrates the whistlestop speech President Abraham Lincoln gave in the city 165 years ago.

When officials lie time and again, people don’t know what to trust. And when this happens, citizens cannot deliberate, ...

Samuel J. Seymour was just five years old when he sat in the balcony at Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865 and heard the ...

These cartoons about history are great for parents to watch with their kids to explore history in a factual, fun, and ...

On April 17 and 18, the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall will host its annual Civil War symposium. In its seventh ...

Barack Obama, who will be sworn in as the nation's 44th -- and first African-American -- president Tuesday. And the obsession is certainly not lost on the president-elect. On January 10, he and his ...

And yet Minneapolis also offers a compelling answer to the question that democracy-loving Americans have asked for the past ...

George Templeton’s Strong’s journal traces a changing world—and his changing mind—throughout the crisis of the Civil War.

White Christian nationalism is widely seen as a partisan movement that only emerged in recent years. But the ideology is as ...

Former Supreme Court Justice Joseph McKenna was sworn in on this day in 1898. McKenna’s Oyez biography notes that, although he studied law before beginning a political career, he was […] The post ...