In the decade before the Civil War, the United States grew quickly and argued loudly about what that growth would mean.

Joshua Kimmich expresses his astonishment at the Bergamo fans. FC Bayern supporters are provoked by their arch-rivals in ...

California’s elected Democrats can’t move beyond pandering. Gov. Gavin Newsom is fixated on reparations for African Americans, and the legislature’s Democratic Party majority is once again trying to ...

Paraguay is often overlooked on the map of South America today, but in 1860, it was a rising power that looked completely ...

Ahhh, the curious silence. Buckle in for some historical details. Reparations for slavery are in the news, and yet again, there is a curious and very selective silence from those reparations ...

Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address was truly prophetic—it revealed the spiritual meaning of the Civil War.

March 1 marks the beginning of Women’s History Month, a time in which the history of women’s rights and their accomplishments are honored and celebrated.

Political parties exist for a public purpose. They organize voters around shared principles, nominate candidates, compete in ...

Presidential oratory once sought to elevate its audience, through high seriousness and artful rhetoric, but also by being ...

Feb. 28, 1854, marks the day Sacramento became the capital of California, the State Capitol Museum said. When California became a state in 1850, San Jose was the capital. Lawmakers would try to set up ...