Activists today can learn from John Brown’s raid on a federal arsenal and from the Black abolitionists who inspired him.

Denk places the sonata among Ives’ most aspiring works and describes its eerie central movement in the album liner notes as ...

The most divided period in the history of U.S. democracy - the mid-1800s - coincided with a sudden boom in new communications technologies, confrontational political influencers, widespread ...

Modern protectionists are desperate to find historical examples of tariffs promoting industrialization and economic growth.

The National Park Service is hosting special events commemorating abolitionist John Brown’s attempt to seize weapons from the ...

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, is celebrated for preserving the Union during the Civil War and ...

The 1960 election between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon was a pivotal moment in the intersection of media, politics and culture. It was the first election to feature televised debates, and Kennedy ...

Discover the hidden treasures of Mississippi's cities, from the birthplace of Elvis Presley and to the rich history of the ...

The furniture in the bedroom where George Washington died will go into storage. So will his silver oil lamps, his French ...

We ask doctors to cure us of incurable illnesses, and we ask lawyers to take on the doctors who haven’t. We are frightened ...

Across Israel today, people commemorated the Hamas terror attack that left 1,200 people dead and sparked the war in Gaza. That conflict has claimed more than 41,000 ...