More than ever,” Maddow said in her Monday night broadcast, “this is not a time to pretend this isn’t happening" ...

Traveling to Lincoln from Boston, Higginbotham said her grandfather, the Rev. Walter Henderson Brooks, was born a slave in 1851. He “worked” for a tobacco company in Richmond, Virginia.

Abraham Lincoln was an American hero — but a flawed one. As we celebrate his essential contributions to our country, let's ...

There is no legal requirement for the president to place his hand on the Bible. According to Article VI, Clause 3, of the U.S. Constitution, which covers oaths of office, members of Congress, state ...

It is unlikely that anyone watching Monday’s presidential inaugural will spend much time thinking about the changing of the ...

On the eve of Trump’s second inaugural address, Americans wonder whether he will follow the path of Jefferson and Lincoln ...

“With malice toward none, with charity for all,” even after four years of horrific war.

In 1859, just one year after the famous Senate debates that catapulted Abraham Lincoln to national prominence, he wrote, “I do not think of myself fit for the presidency.” Lincoln ...

Trump's habit is to treat Lincoln not only as a giant of history, but something of a political contemporary. And a flawed one ...

There's been another exit from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield. Christian McWhirter, the Lincoln Historian at the ALPLM, confirmed his resignation via LinkedIn ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — On this day in history, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. On Jan. 1, 1863, Lincoln declared that all enslaved people in states rebelling ...

While we use a range of strategies to tackle these fundamental ethical questions, one of the most important tools at our disposal is critical thinking. Critical thinking is the ability to analyse ...