History Today: When Kalpana Chawla embarked on her maiden space mission

Kalpana Chawla embarked on her maiden space mission aboard Nasa’s Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-87) on 1997. Chawla played a ...
Las Vegas SunOpinion

Nevada’s senators take a for-the-people stand

This past week, seven Democrat senators and an Independent senator joined all of the Republicans and voted to end the ...

Before ‘Death by Lightning,’ This Apple TV Drama Tackled the Forgotten Side of History’s Most Infamous Assassination

Apple TV's Manhunt is a gripping historical thriller that follows the intense search for Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John ...

How Abraham Lincoln helped shape the Thanksgiving we know today

It’s Abraham Lincoln who can be credited with sparking the creation of the Thanksgiving holiday we know and love. Unlike Washington, Lincoln wanted everyone to celebrate Thanksgiving on the same day — ...
CNN

Seven Civil War stories your teacher never told you

Perhaps your history teachers failed to alert you to these Civil War facts: Jefferson Davis nearly got mugged by an angry female mob; Abraham Lincoln loved the Confederate anthem "Dixie," and Paul ...
Jewish Journal

Abraham Lincoln’s Akedah

Though Lincoln himself was not Jewish, his words of support drawn from the faith of history’s first Jew continue to serve as ...