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Jay Sexton, director of the Kinder Institute at MU, traces the region's history of violence, recovery, and ambition from Bloody Kansas through the Col...

Historian Adam Arenson discusses the culture clash over moral systems during the Civil War and competing visions for the nation’s future....

In his new book, Edward J. Larson explains what happened in 1776 that caused people in the American colonies to change their views on British rule. He...

Award-winning author Jill Lepore challenges both the Supreme Court’s monopoly on constitutional interpretation and what she identifies as the flawed t...

Most Americans agree that the U.S. Constitution is essential to protecting liberty, but there’s a long-running debate over how it should be interprete...

From detention centers to work permits to access to education, immigration continues to shape American life — and stir national debate. Panelists repr...