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

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

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

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?

Between the bookshelves and in his book, "The Outlaw John Locke," Twice Sold Tales co-owner John MacBeath Watkins' restless ...