Gabor loved teaching and was a dedicated professor. In 1978, he published his first book, Lincoln and the Economics of the ...

So far, the Texas State Board of Education's massive revamp of the social studies curriculum is driven by ideology, not an ...

Our Long Train of AbusesOver a snowy winter weekend, I watched Ken Burns' The American Revolution. (And yes, if you're not ...

In a conversation moderated by The Atlantic editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, the opening night of the New Orleans Book ...

Gabor S. Boritt, renowned author, scholar of Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War, founder of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College, and ...

NPR's history podcast Throughline speaks with Ken Burns about his latest documentary, The American Revolution.

Nor, despite our warning against prediction, did we doubt it would end badly for the South. The North had factories and ...

The United States is preparing to commemorate her semiquincentennial on July 4. For those challenged by history, this date ...

T here is no shortage of books on the period surrounding America’s civil war. Canonical classics include “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”, ...

As America approaches its 250th birthday, filmmaker Ken Burns examines the bloody realities of the American Revolution and ...

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns said the American Revolution has been “sanitized,” calling the war “dark and bloody.” “I ...