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Patrick Henry is a largely forgotten founding father today, his accomplishments overshadowed by his oratory. Historian Jon Kukla, former director of t...

Art historian Joan Stack explores how two 1845 paintings by Missouri artist and politician George Caleb Bingham may have reflected anxiety about Pr...

A questionable court-martial ended Henry Ossian Flipper's military career in 1882—he'd be pardoned more than a century later—but it scarcely staine...

The world’s eyes were drawn in April to the iconic tower of Kansas City’s Liberty Memorial, site of the official centennial commemoration of our count...

Infamous characters and sensational incidents abounded in the Ozarks immediately after the Civil War and well into the 20th century. The mining distri...

Sisters Berta Sailer and Corita Bussanmas were once quiet convent dwellers. Forty-six years ago, however, the two nu...

As part of the country’s celebration of Juneteenth, commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S., Occidental College history professor Sharla...

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

For all of its diplomatic and military efforts, the U.S. has been unable to end unrest and extremism in the Middle East and other troubled regions of...

Education reform comes fraught with questions. How do we distinguish between exciting, new ideas and costly, ineffective fads? Where can policymakers...