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 — ...

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In the November 7 episode of “The Axios Show,” Palantir CEO Alex Karp said people who will succeed in the age of AI are those ...

The classroom subject of “civics” evokes antiquated images of Cold War-era conformity, but Andrew Hart describes a recent ...

Darius Wallace’s portrayal of Douglass earned a long standing ovation in the Lehigh County courtroom where the famed ...

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Dixon line, he had achieved his escape from enslavement. But the first years of his freedom were marked by fear, isolation ...

In the late 19th Century, James Garfield promised progress and reform – but four months after his inauguration he was shot.

Public Square has been called the city’s center, its stage for history, and, in many ways, its emotional heartbeat.

A three-year grant, totaling $1.3 million from the U.S. Department of Education, will fund the James Madison College Academy for Civic Education, or ACE, offering intensive seminars built around ...

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