Maryland Gov. Wes Moore used a commencement speech at an HBCU attended by his grandfather to urge a more nuanced ...

The principle of “checks and balances” is rooted in the Constitution’s design of a national government with three distinct, ...

In March, we sat down with Dr. Marty Kuhlman, West Texas A&M University Jenny Lind Porter Professor of History, about the ...

Some great TV shows use the American Civil War as a backdrop or as a major narrative pillar. Here are the best ones.

Two civil rights groups have now promised “action” after lawmakers did not act on the new social studies standards, meaning they will eventually be implemented.

The following is an edited, excerpted version of Maureen McKinney’s interview with her longtime friend Stacy Lynn, about the ...

When Abraham Lincoln took the oath of office for his second term as president, the United States was divided as never before ...

This year marks the 160th anniversary of the end of fighting between the Union and Confederate military. A display of the Civil War in 3D is on display at the Johnson-Shaw Stereoscopic Museum, 423 ...

Fifty years ago this week, on April 30, 1975, Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, fell to communist North Vietnamese forces ...

We must refuse the shame that seeks to make us forget what we glimpsed, however briefly, in the streets in 2020, writes ...

Located across from Grand Army Plaza, Molly Gochman’s 'Monuments to Motherhood' aims to 'monumentalize the act of care.' ...

One of the most defining episodes in US history, the American Civil War, still inspires directors all over. Its stories of ...