The Gilded Age was the era in the late 19th century when business and industry dominated American life as never before or since. It was a period of unprecedented economic growth and technological ...

In essence, Juneteenth is a second Independence Day. After 2½ bloody years of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed ...

The Bridge Crossing Jubilee begins in less than a week, and those wanting to participate in the signature Bloody Sunday march ...

The dream of a more inclusive, fair and just America is under attack — again. The upheavals roiling us today, though not ...

Donald Trump's plan to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education has nothing to do with saving taxpayer dollars.

The Southern secession from 1861-65 is portrayed as a “lost cause” by supporters and an act of evil by its detractors. Murray ...

Since 1996, conflict in eastern DRC has led to approximately six million deaths. The First Congo War (1996–1997) began in the wake of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, during which ethnic Hutu ...

Despite being little more than the answer to trivia questions today, Vaughn Meader was a pioneer who paved the way for ...

Today’s episode will focus on one of the biggest – and most important – turning points in world history; the Battle of ...

China is not ready for war, according to a contentious report from a US think tank, which claims the main motivation for the ruling Communist Party’s expansive push for military modernization is ...

Harper’s Weekly, June 3, 1865 They were known as the Special Artists of the Civil War, and their mission was ... the Wilderness—they recorded the bloody course of the conflict with a vitality ...