Jamelle Bouie, a columnist at the New York Times, has recently been drawing a lot of parallels between what’s going on in the ...

Is civil war looming in the United States? This has been a recurring contention among some political commentators and ...

In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

Before the Civil War, Congress Was a Hotbed of Violence A new book from historian Joanne Freeman chronicles the viciousness with which elected officials treated each other ...

In the 1800s, before the Civil War, if you were anti-slavery, what could you do to advance the cause of abolition? Jot down at least five ideas.

The issue of slavery divided the United States long before the election of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. After the Kansas-Nebraska Act passed in 1854, newly established states could use ...

Civil War plays like a road movie. It follows four journalists journeying through a war-torn North America in a race against the clock to reach DC before rebels descend upon the President.

Before “Civil War,” A24’s biggest debut was the Ari Aster horror “Hereditary,” which opened to $13.6 million in 2018. A24 doesn’t always open films nationwide out of the gates.

The Republican impasse over choosing a House speaker has now dragged on longer than balloting for the post in any other US Congress since before the Civil War.

Former President Donald Trump on Saturday suggested the Civil War could have been avoided through “negotiation,” arguing that the fight to end slavery in the US was ultimately unnecessary and ...

In the 1800s, before the Civil War, if you were anti-slavery, what could you do to advance the cause of abolition? Jot down at least five ideas.