Illinois Republican convention. Right now, about the only thing Americans can agree on is how severely divided we are as a nation.

NPR’s Morning Edition host and author Steve Inskeep visits the ACPL to discuss his book Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded ...

A house divided against itself cannot stand.” Abraham Lincoln famously said this as part of his 1858 speech at the ...

After a long treatise on the illegality of secession, Lincoln closed with a single flourish. His plea to the “better angels ...

C-SPAN looks back at pivotal speeches delivered by U.S. presidents from George Washington to Barack Obama. Hear them make their case to the American public and international audiences – from ...

McGrath (James Monroe) takes the long road to Gettysburg in this rambling group biography of Gen. George G. Meade, Gen. Robert E. Lee, and President Abraham Lincoln. McGrath first focuses on the men’s ...

Chess Jakobs' new play "The American Five" tells the story of how Martin Luther King Jr. and his closest allies planned the ...

For Donald Trump, it’s not about hate speech, but about speech that he hates — namely, speech that is critical of him and his administration.

The first half of Saturday's Big Ten Conference matchup between Nebraska and Michigan ended with a Hail Mary pass worthy of highlight reels. Even though Michigan would ultimately hold on for a 30-27 ...

Although it has long since entered the pantheon of American rhetoric as one of our nation’s great orations, there was a time, however brief, when the Gettysburg Address had its critics. The ...

What happened in Bloomington 169 years ago, on Thursday May 29, 1856, ignited Abraham Lincoln’s march to the presidency, and eventually led to the Civil War-era 13th, 14th and 15 amendments, which ...

Abraham Lincoln impersonator Randy Duncan spoke at the unveiling of a new mural commemorating "Lincoln's Lost Speech" near Rosie's Pub in downtown Bloomington on May 29, 2025 On May 29, 1856, Abraham ...