It was 1859. The analogies to the current state of American politics are not precise and even paradoxical. To begin with, John Brown, though crazy and bloodthirsty, was on the right side of history.

A lot of the propaganda about the Civil War and the Confederacy was directly created to combat the Civil Rights Movement.

President Donald Trump’s recent flurry of attempts to deploy National Guard troops in cities around the country reminds me of an old “block-that-metaphor” line from the New Yorker: “As I look at ...

After a long treatise on the illegality of secession, Lincoln closed with a single flourish. His plea to the “better angels of our nature” is so familiar that we can miss the very particular ...

In Monster: The Ed Gein Story, Ed Gein's dad, George Gein, is depicted as an alcoholic who was violent and whose death was very traumatic for his family. In reality, George Gein passed away on April 1 ...

Booksellers at Chevalier’s Books — L.A.’s oldest indie bookshop, located in the heart of Larchmont — were untangling projector cords near the rear of the store on Wednesday night when a woman strode ...

Wheat pennies occupy a storied place in American history, and if you find the right one it could be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

People walk past a mix of occupied and vacant shops on Miami Beach’s Lincoln Road Mall, which has seen a downturn in recent years. Alexia Fodere for Miami Herald If you live in Miami-Dade County, you ...

Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman’s sudden divorce stunned fans across both the Hollywood and country music worlds. After 19 years of marriage, the couple confirmed they are separating — and while the ...