John Wilkes Booth

What the Civil War tells us about who has the power to shape history.

The righteous rage of John Brown.

The ‘reasonable’ right’s persecution rhetoric echoes the Confederacy’s defense of slavery.

Andrew Jackson was the first president to carry a big stick: he beat a would-be assassin with a cane.

Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole.

The tale of the long forgotten Joseph Jefferson, who revolutionized character acting in 19th century American theater.