Abraham Lincoln

That's the conclusion of a psychology study published in the journal Sciece.

For most of American history, Washington's Birthday was a really big deal, but that’s changed a lot since the middle of the twentieth century.

On 400 years of tribalism, genocide, expulsion, and imprisonment.

The Trump administration is working to undo one of the guiding principles of U.S. conservation.

How a beloved song with origins in 16th-century Europe captures both a holiday's spirit of unity and a country's legacy of exclusion.

How Miss Millie taught the Civil War.

How Titus Andronicus drew on Civil War lore to frame contemporary social divides.

The South's insistence upon protecting and spreading slavery caused the Civil War.

There can be no "compromise" with the false view of America's past from Trumpists and pop historians alike.

Although Karl Marx never saw the U.S., he thought long and hard about how it fit into his theory, especially during the Civil War.

When America’s first aerial cameraman met an infamous spirit photographer, the chemistry was explosive.

Throughout history, one would be hard-pressed to find an example of black protest that most white people found acceptable at the time.

His presidency was known for corruption, scandal, and booze. In a new book, Ron Chernow attempts to rehabilitate it.

Civil War monuments erased an emancipated Black population, but the Sphinx looked to an integrated Africa and America.

Why we must ask not only what stories our landscapes of commemoration tell, but also what stories they leave out.

Don’t let extremists on both sides destroy honor and valor, even as they seek to destroy everything else.

Only by the most specific, immediate definition can we consider the Confederacy to have lost the Civil War.

Rewatching “The Apprentice,” the show that made his Presidency possible.

In a world where Confederate flags continue to fly, it is hard not to cry “enough” at this continued emphasis on all-things-Confederate.

Commitment to liberalism once distinguished the U.S. Now, it’s the disdain of elites for their fellow citizens that sets the nation apart.