Civil War America, a small number of Jewish slaveowners defended the practice. Other prominent Jews joined with abolitionists ...

The winds of March are roaring and everywhere you look peace is in the air, or at least that's the impression you might get from eyeballing the latest ...

The Committee on External Relations of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives convened a crucial hearing on Wednesday to ...

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McClelland then addresses the rematch between the two men in the presidential election of 1860. As he takes us on the campaign trail, we clearly see the bitter rivalry, particularly from Douglas, who ...

Paul Revere set off on horseback toward Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, with the warning that the British were coming.

A new Leger poll revealed that 20 percent of Americans said they wanted their state to join Canada and secede from the union.

The Constitution describes the duties and obligations of the three federal branches of government. If you hear it mentioned ...

The president is trying to strip hundreds of thousands of federal workers of union representation and labor protections.

Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. Elsewhere in the country, parts of the rebel army ...

President Trump signed an executive order late Thursday limiting numerous agency employees from unionizing and instructing ...

The “New Illinois” group is holding convention in Bloomington to discuss separating from Chicago and forming a new state.