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To commemorate the centennial of Ronald Reagan’s birth, historian Michael Schaller chronicles the life of one of America’s most notable and successful...

Lyndon Johnson had the misfortune of following the handsome, martyred John F. Kennedy into the White House and then miring his country in Vietnam....

This year’s election stakes are high, as always. But perhaps no presidential vote in U.S. history was more consequential than that of 1860. The na...

Sidney Blumenthal, a senior advisor to President Bill Clinton and later an advisor to Hillary Clinton, continues to offer a fresh vie...

Was Abraham Lincoln the transcendent champion of African-American freedom that history books depict? Author Fred Kaplan tempers that...

In a discussion of his new book President McKinley: Architect of the American Century, acclaimed historian Robert Merry gives 2...

Wisconsin Sen. Joseph McCarthy was three years into his incendiary search for Communists when Dwight Eisenhower assumed the presidency in 1953. Ike...

The 2024 Off the Wall rooftop film series, Party Central, is all about having a fun time. Barbie, a 2023 blockbuster (PG-13, 114 min.), starts the ser...

It’s last call. The Library wraps up the 2024 Off the Wall rooftop film series, Party Central, with Happy Death Day (PG-13, 96 min.). When a college s...

The party never stops at the Library, particularly during the 2024 Off the Wall rooftop film series, Party Central, which continues with Crazy Rich As...