Lincoln was, as usual, astute. The abolitionist movement in the North was led by Christians convinced that God abhorred ...

Jamelle Bouie, a columnist at the New York Times, has recently been drawing a lot of parallels between what’s going on in the ...

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

Where is Mount Rushmore National Memorial? It is a prominent and massive sculpture made for commemoration of key presidents.

Jefferson, who has been called “the apostle of liberty,” delivered some of the most impassioned criticisms of slavery in the ...

In hoping to refresh America — and it would appear we desperately need it — it would be helpful if we got back to our civic ...

The following is the transcript of an interview with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and "CBS Evening News" co-anchor John ...

There are many obstacles facing any third party; the requirement of getting a plurality vote to win an election is one of them.

Jennifer Cromack was combing through the American Baptist archive when she uncovered a slim box among some 18th and 19th ...