Historians consistently rank Abraham Lincoln as the greatest U.S. president. Without his leadership and political brilliance, ...

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While her activities as a Civil War spy are less well known, her devotion to America and its promise of freedom endured ...

The exhibit includes 135 handmade antique dolls — some that were made by enslaved people — and about 60 period photographs ...

Among a certain group of Americans, there is a belief that a human-sized, ape-like creature known as "Bigfoot" roams the ...

Note the print on the right of The Witch, a 15th-century painting that Catherine Martin learned about studying for an ...

A new project will look at the history of Dublin's Temple Hill and Bird's Nest children's homes through interviews with ...

Daniel Lurie’s supporters say his wealth means he owes no one any favors. But skeptics say the rich already have too much say ...

A powerful orator, Garnet helped shift the landscape on the abolition of slavery from trying to convince enslavers of the ...

For Americans, news of a record warm January might seem odd given how cold it was. But the U.S. is just a tiny fraction of ...

Stephen Puleo’s biography offers a fresh glimpse into the Radical Republicans’ struggle against slavery and shines a light on ...