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

Anne Frank, one of the most famous diarists during World War II, went into hiding with her family in Amsterdam on July 6, ...

Eminent Indian writer Amitava Kumar opens up about the books that raised him, the ones he gives away, and the ones that still ...

As we celebrate our nation’s independence, many may be surprised to learn that a Revolutionary War battle took place in ...

We have been deceived—again and again—into believing that U.S. democracy was born as a noble product of collective will. The ...