
Dragging America Out of Its Second Gilded Age
Scholar is optimistic that the nation can change its self-centered "I come first" posture and return to the "we" society of the Progressive Era
Scholar is optimistic that the nation can change its self-centered "I come first" posture and return to the "we" society of the Progressive Era
After 35-year fight, Maine's abolitionist leadership accepted statehood with a condition—the proslavery Missouri Compromise
With the holidays approaching, we've pulled together 5 of our favorite books from fall and winter 2020 about the Vietnam War and those who served.
A German mercenary fought staunch enemies and former allies alike during his six-decade European military career
Until this year, Mississippi remained the last in the nation to include such an emblem
In his first duel with Wendell Willkie, FDR campaigned against giant holding companies that soaked small electricity customers
For its faults, the Electoral College has endured because it has fulfilled its main purpose—preventing stolen elections
Author explores the personalities of the men who argued Plessy v. Ferguson, one of the Supreme Court's worst decisions
Did Richard Nixon secretly try to scuttle President Johnson’s peace-talk plan days before the 1968 presidential election? Recent evidence supports an unpublished story that he did
After 750 attempts to reform or eradicate it, the system remains in place
Celebrity doctor and humanitarian was secretly involved in CIA’s anti-communist ‘disinformation’ campaign
The ambitious Ohio Republican dreaded being caught up with congressmen in complicated railroad scheme
Polarized partisanship, deep animosity among candidates, worry about the peaceful transfer of power—sound familiar?
A new edition introduces historian Richard Hofstadter to the conspiracy theory generation
Antonio José de Sucre was just 15 when he joined ‘El Libertador’ in the Spanish American wars of independence
Historian Preston argues that Stalin did not actually make patsies of Roosevelt and Churchill