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

Before embodying the American dream – co-founding H&R Block and building it into the world’s largest tax preparation company – Henry W. Bloch help...

High Noon remains one of the most revered movies of Hollywood's golden era, an Old West testament to loyalty and determination in the face...

Louise Nevelson is considered one of the most important American sculptors of the 20th century, known for her pioneering assemblages and monumental...

While at sea in April and May 1945, immediately following his liberation from nearly three years of Japanese captivity, David L. Hardee put his exp...

In 1894, when women’s lives and choices were restricted and their influence was limited, a group of Kansas Citians answered a call to “stand shoulder...

America in the 1950s was undergoing what the University of Missouri’s Steven Watts calls a “crisis of manhood,” denigrating Eisenh...

African-Americans have served proudly in every great American war, including the Civil War, where their verve and valor led to the establishment of...

Not far from where Michael Brown was fatally shot by a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer in 2014 is the headquarters of Emerson Electric, a Fortune 5...

As the 2016 election season unfolded, it often seemed that moderates were difficult to find. In fact, today’s bitter partisanship encourages us to...