City and county roles are especially important and critical to the everyday and long-term healthy function of our communities ...

A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction to stop Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem from killing a ...

As summer approaches, don’t forget your history. Here’s a presidential lesson or two. John Quincy Adams — despite his great ...

Decades ago in west Charlotte, the state built a highway that disrupted an established, predominantly Black neighborhood.

Diana Lawrence moved to Arkansas to be near her grandchildren, then decided her new state needs a new representative for its ...

In one of the most delicate moments in the history of Texas, Anson Jones stood at the center. When Sam Houston became president of the Texas Republic a second time ...

When sultans tried to give President Martin Van Buren lavish gifts, he did what the Constitution requires and asked Congress what to do. Two live lions had been gifted to Van Buren by the Sultan ...

When sultans tried to give President Martin Van Buren lavish gifts, he did what the Constitution requires and asked Congress what to do. Two live lions had been gifted to Van Buren by the Sultan of ...

On June 22, 1848, the political party was created at a convention in Buffalo and nominated Martin Van Buren for president. It's just one of many chapters in the political history of the city where ...

Bradley in Martin Van Buren: America’s First Politician, a lively and illuminating new biography of our eighth president—the first to be born a U.S. citizen. Absent a strong opposition party ...