In his book Fear No Pharaoh, Richard Kreitner examines the reactions of six Jewish Americans to slavery and the Civil War.

This lesson compares the experiences, roles, and legacies of Mary Todd Lincoln and Varina Davis, the wives of the Civil War era presidents. The lesson, which features historian Kelly Hancock speaking ...

Last week’s Presidential Address to Congress was a disappointment. Shame on President Trump, who acted anything but “presidential.” With the opening lines of his speech, Trump began to taunt the ...

I found myself at a rodeo south of the border last week. It goes without saying the event was in a rural area in a deeply red ...

A senior at Leland & Gray Union Middle and High School will be meeting U.S. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, after being named one of ...

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It is extremely difficult to deny the extent to which the constitutional order is rotting from the inside out.

Critics on social media expressed disbelief over the Trump administration's latest attack on diversity, equity and inclusion ...

A new law, buried inside an otherwise obscure piece of federal legislation, permits the Washington, D.C., City Council to establish a commission that will give “reparations” to descendants of enslaved ...

The Franklin County Fair Museum’s chilly confines are filled with posters, brochures, ribbons and other pieces celebrating ...

The author says executive order stripping US citizenship from children born in this country, protected by the 14th Amendment, could imperil other constitutional amendments.