In “Born Equal,” Akhil Reed Amar paints a sprawling portrait of 19th-century America in thrall to its founding moment.

In August, history professor Michael Birkner gave a short speech in Evergreen Cemetery in Gettysburg, near where President ...

During an extraordinary span between 1840 and 1920, America wrestled mightily with what the country's founders intended when they declared that "all ...

Less than a mile from where Abraham Lincoln called for a “new birth of freedom,” a landmark effort is under way to bring to ...

This new volume focuses on how the best minds of the “Second Founding” generation saved the Union and improved the Constitution. Mr. Amar continues his documentary approach, filling his book with the ...

As the leaders of sovereign and vibrant democracies that value freedom, the rule of law, human rights and pluralism, Modi and ...

From Abraham Lincoln to John F. Kennedy, and from Malcolm X to Martin Luther King Jr., America’s story has too often been ...

Claims that federal officials ordered the removal of a the infamous 1863 image sparked concern over the Trump ...

Over 60 years after its release, the Moynihan report remains the most consequential—and controversial—analysis of the black ...

We're losing living connections to past events and valuable perspectives of older generations that help shape our ...

Harrison Ruffin Tyler died Memorial Day weekend, 2025, in a Richmond, Va., nursing home. His death made few headlines beyond ...

Harrison Ruffin Tyler died Memorial Day weekend, 2025, in a Richmond, Va., nursing home. His death made few headlines beyond ...