Abraham Lincoln

Am 1884 guide to vice and crime by the founder of the world’s largest private detective agency.

There are uncanny parallels between the elections of 2024 and 1856, with one big exception: in 1856, it was the political left that was on the offensive.

Why did it take so long for the U.S. Army to authorize the enlistment of Black men as soldiers?

The stories of two Muslim immigrants who fought for the Union show that the American Civil War was an international fight.

Chinese immigrants sacrificed to create America's first transcontinental railroad. Its completion contributed to a backlash that led to immigration clampdown.

The success of “Reagan” reflects the market demands of a more fragmented moviegoing public—and reality.

Walking needs no publicist. The simplest, most accessible form of exercise has been around since humans first foraged and traveled on the ground.

Charles Ives and the Civil War.

Drawn to communities of German socialist expatriates in the area, Marx once considered making his way to Texas.

What would-be killers of the US commander in chief have in common is that they aren’t fervent ideologues; they’re outcasts.

It’s difficult to see how these profound antipathies and fears will dissipate soon through any normal political processes.

The one-room schoolhouse that was one of the birthplaces of the GOP.

The Supreme Court has invested the presidency with quasi-monarchial powers, repudiating the foundational principle of the rule of law.

A new book conveys in dramatic detail what America’s Moses did to help abolish slavery. Another addresses the love of God and country that helped her do so.

Alan Taylor’s case for thinking of it as a continental conflict.

The story of how Harriet Tubman led 150 African American soldiers to rescue over 700 former slaves freed five months earlier by the Emancipation Proclamation.

A firsthand account of freedom’s earliest celebrations.

We compiled Reconstruction-era documents to identify 1,250 formerly enslaved Black Americans given land—only to have it returned to their enslavers.

Yuval Levin urges us to take America’s greatest constitutional thinker, James Madison, as our lodestar.

Compared to their 1960s forerunners, today’s young radicals seem far less interested in moving towards responsible adulthood.