“Historically, this type of political propaganda has worked to win elections,” he said, citing the ad featuring Willie Horton ...

In Ken Burns’s newest documentary, the war for independence was also a civil war. Amid a bitter fight over history, its ...

From duels to broken friendships, these seven American political feuds show how ambition and personal grudges shaped the nation’s history.

John Carter Brown Library Director Karin Wulf reflected on her work at a Tuesday book launch event hosted by the Department ...

Readers respond to an article about how the teaching of U.S. history is changing. Also: Democratic pragmatism; emergency care ...

The following editorial originally appeared in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: ‘That man — that young man — I forgive him. I forgive him because it was what Christ did and is what Charlie would do. The ...

Cheney, who extolled the power of the presidency, died Monday, according to a statement from his family. The cause was ...