In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

At each major crossroad in America’s history — the Revolutionary War, the westward migration, the Civil War, the Great ...

Burns and "The American Revolution" co-director David Schmidt walk in Colonial Williamsburg. Burns says he does not take his ...

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Then, there’s the matter of the U.S. Constitution, the legal bedrock of our country, and the Bill of Rights — the first 10 ...

Harvard turned to international donors, including China, as one way to help save it from financial troubles. That money is ...

The market for “big ideas” depends far more on demand than supply, and the craving in the Democratic Party for the next new ...

Fast on the heels of the recent “No Kings” protests against President Trump comes an odd suggestion that Americans would be ...

Retiring from the classroom after 50 years in academia, every journalist's favorite Jewish historian is enjoying a victory ...

Point We celebrate America,not Britain, on July 4 Fast on the heels of the recent “No Kings” protests against President Donald Trump comes an odd suggestion that Americans would be better off today if ...

Decades before Mahmoud v. Taylor, parents sought to opt their children out from textbooks, sex ed programs and health classes ...

America’s foremost history documentarian is back at a pivotal moment. But is he avoiding the hard truths about the country’s origins?