I’ve had Whitman in mind this spring as we’ve watched the Trump administration and its Department of Government Efficiency ...

John McCaa recalls a moment in his early career when he could not report on a political assassination in Spain. In our own ...

Modern historians depend heavily upon sweeping narratives and their take on the US War of Secession is no exception. Yet, the use of methodological ...

Five years ago, on July 4, 2020, the country was in the midst of waves of rioting. The proximate cause, the match that lit the fire, was the death of a black man, a violent ex-convict, on May 25, with ...

The nation's founding document has been celebrated by leaders across the centuries, and it can still guide us today.

If I forget thee,” Abraham Lincoln thought, speaking not at this moment of God’s Law but of the doctrine of the Declaration ...

On March 4, 1986, the air outside US Capitol was biting, a mist of disillusionment hanging forebodingly like smoke from wet ...

COMMENTARY By likening Trump's immigrant-demonization crusade to Lincoln's abolition of slavery, Miami U.S. Rep. María Elvira ...

Much like the holiday that falls on the fourth Thursday of November, the Fourth of July offers a uniquely American ...

But it paid off quite well for three Abraham Lincoln High School students who attended the recent National History Day ...

Ours isn’t the first time when political opponents are labeled demonic, says scholar and author Michael E. Heyes.

Ever wondered about the origins of the Abraham Lincoln sculpture seated on a bench in downtown Bloomington? Here's a look ...