The same interesting mind that took the licking out of stamp adhesion has produced 37 books on the Civil War. Among these is a two-volume account of Robert E. Lee’s 1863 invasion of the North, ...

In a healthy democracy, all sides generally recognize the legitimacy of the system itself, regardless of internal squabbles. In the United States, this is no longer the case.

As anger about the presence of ICE in Minneapolis divided the nation, Americans turned to the American Civil War for metaphors.

The road to Marvel's Armageddon has heated up, with Captain America discovering a lost relative of Doctor Doom and an old ally gone bad.

While there are plenty of historical topics U.S. citizens agree on—generally, events and figures from the Civil War up to the end of the Cold War—the birth of the nation isn't one of them, according ...

At the National Prayer Breakfast, the US president's reaffirmation of America's Christian identity extends a longstanding state doctrine that binds religion to US global hegemony ...

By 1864, more than 12,000 surgeons had served in the Union army throughout the Civil War. Just 14 of them were Black. Historian Jill Newmark's 2023 book is the first-ever comprehensive exploration of ...

The public reaction to the violence in Minneapolis suggests that we have held on to our sense of universal truths.

In commemoration of Presidents' Day, our "Settle In" podcast asked a simple question: What would Abraham Lincoln do?

Damascus is hosting its first international book fair since Bashar Assad fell, and publishers say censorship has almost disappeared ...

Going back further, John Dominis Holt’s “Waimea Summer” remains a beloved novel. There’s also S.N. Haleʻole, a contemporary ...

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