‘A Hell of a Storm’: On the Road to Civil War
An 1854 act of Congress undid the deal that had postponed a national reckoning over slavery. Political struggle would soon ...
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This Defeated Presidential Candidate, Once the ‘Best-Known Man in America,’ Died in a Sanatorium Less Than a Month After Losing the Election
Newspaper editor Horace Greeley unsuccessfully ran against incumbent Ulysses S. Grant in November 1872. Twenty-four days ...
Michaela DePrince, Who Survived Sierra Leone’s Civil War to Become a Star Ballerina, Dies at 29
When Michaela DePrince was living in an orphanage during Sierra Leone’s civil war in the late 1990s, death was all around her ...
Sam Wilson and Red Hulk Collide in Captain America Series Ahead of Brave New World
Sam Wilson: Captain America #1 goes on sale in January 2025.
Meet the American who was the first paid professional football player: Pudge Heffelfinger
Gridiron goliath and Yale star Pudge Heffelfinger was later paid $500 to play for the Allegheny Athletic Association in 1892, ...
Rare Colonial New England coin up for auction, expected to fetch $1 million
With their former countrymen divided and lacking a monarch after the English Civil War, Colonists seized an opportunity to ...
The civil war inside the Republican Party deep in the heart of Texas
Hood County, Texas, has been shaken by a civil war between traditional Republicans and a far-right faction of the party ...
Israel Strikes Lebanon in Wake of Hezbollah Threat to Retaliate, Officials Say
Israel carried out one of the most intense bombardments of the past year, as warplanes launched 70 airstrikes, Lebanese ...
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America’s Electoral College: Six Surprising Facts About the Who and How
Surprising facts about the Electoral College's origins and evolution—and just who is an elector—to ponder alongside giving a watch to One Person, One Vote? on PBS.
Violent threats and attacks escalate tensions in Trump-Harris race
On Monday, Trump reiterated his belief that Biden and Harris are “destroying the country, both from the inside and out,” and ...
The New Criterion2d
American nightmare
How the 1960s Turned Into a National Nightmare and How We Can Revive the American Dream” by Timothy S. Goeglein.
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Stroke awareness website is now available
The American Stroke Association has introduced a new website — DerrameCerebral.org — tailored to the Hispanic and Latino community. The website offers games and activities designed to provide ...