In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

High court’s decision fuels uncertainty about whether babies born to immigrants lacking legal immigration status will be ...

The ability of the media to portray brutal repression of the Southern African Americans, and in parallel, speeches by Civil ...

Last Friday marked 100 years since the Klan held an Independence Day parade, with 3,000 members marching through downtown ...

On July 2, 1964, the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 became law with the signature of President Lyndon B. Johnson.

How have our shared visions of American ideals influenced the meaning of patriotism? How has this definition evolved over ...

July 2 stands out as a pivotal day in history, marked by momentous events that have shaped nations, cultures, and the course ...

“The 1776 report,” Civil War historian Kevin Levin wrote,” views students as sponges who are expected to absorb a narrative ...

The celebration of the Declaration of Independence's semiquincentennial is a chance to broaden the historical narrative to ...

John McCaa recalls a moment in his early career when he could not report on a political assassination in Spain. In our own ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday afternoon removing many U.S. sanctions levied against Syria.

For decades, the US Department of Justice has used a tool to sniff out former Nazis who lied their way into becoming American ...