In “Until the Last Gun Is Silent,” Matthew F. Delmont shows how the conflict consumed a civil rights leader and tore a ...

Learn about Luther Burnham Harris's eagerness to serve in the Civil War at just 14 years old. Despite initial refusal due to ...

Ramtin talks with filmmaker Ken Burns about the revolution that made the U.S., and the surprising lessons he thinks it holds ...

This short tells a story about what would happen if the US went into civil war today? With the war starting, the South would quickly try to end the Northern states, but it wouldn't go well. They would ...

Two days after the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, we authored a piece for the Washington Post drawing on our expertise in Civil War and Reconstruction era political violence to contextualize ...

"They are going to bomb us," Maduro told ABC News. The U.S. military captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife Saturday, bringing them to the United States, where the 63-year-old pleaded ...

Charles Milford Gordon learned from his father, a Scottish immigrant and minister, the importance of community and helping others. Gordon volunteered to serve with the Union Army during the Civil War ...

The former special counsel accused President Trump of “exploiting” violence on Jan. 6, 2021, according to an interview released by House Republicans. By Glenn Thrush Jack Smith, the former special ...

Ireland has produced many famous women who have made their mark in culture, politics, and the arts. Many are household names, but unfortunately, some are not. A different name, better known as Jennie ...

This image shows a cyclorama building from 1894 (though it is not the cyclorama that was in Fort Worth). Courtesy Richard Selcer Cycloramas were a form of three-dimensional art hugely popular in the ...

A US Navy vessel fires Tomahawk missiles at Islamic State targets in Nigeria on December 25. (US Department of War) On December 25, US President Donald Trump announced that he ordered US strikes ...

This past weekend, some of the brightest stars in the conservative sky descended on Phoenix, Arizona, for Turning Point USA’s “Americafest 2025” conference. But the far-right revelry and MAGA ...