César E. Chávez Day, a federal commemorative holiday, is marked on Monday, March 31. The day honors the legacy of civil ...

We know that at least five of the Venezuelan immigrants were seeking asylum legally. Three had hearings scheduled later this month. How could they be rounded up and flown to El Salvador in the middle ...

Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. Elsewhere in the country, parts of the rebel army ...

Lincoln’s Peace” offers a pair of fascinating what ifs. Had the Union maintained a larger and stronger post-Civil War ...

Richard Kreitner's "Fear No Pharoah" gives an honest account of how Jews resisted, ignored and even championed American ...

It is fascinating to note that, notwithstanding his antisemitism, Sherman was a great admirer of Rose Eytinge (1835-1911), a Jewish-American actress and author who rose to become one of the most popul ...

The state secrets privilege allows the U.S. government to withhold sensitive evidence in court cases. Both Democratic and ...

As with today’s civil terrorists, too, their rage was fueled by opposition to what they saw as an unjust war—in their case, Vietnam. The group soon escalated to bombing government buildings and ...

Abraham Lincoln changed the course of history not through brute assertion of power but by wrestling with its limits.

Lincoln’s New Salem State Historic Site is a replica of the hamlet where Lincoln lived for six years during his early ...

The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous ...