America made a promise. On March 3, 1865, in the final days of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln and Congress established the Freedman’s Savings Bank—a radical idea at the time. The vision was ...

A documentary that won an Oscar overnight has now been made available to watch for free in the UK. The film No Other Land was ...

Watch a first look at 3 Summers of Lincoln, starring Ivan Hernandez, Quentin Earl Darrington, Carmen Cusack, John-Andrew ...

Today in Seven Points, a look back at Week 27, the top scorers from the past week in hoops, a farewell to the teams and ...

I have often thought that after Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson was our worst president. By worst is meant least faithful to ...

A documentary makes a statement in support of Palestinian rights, while other artists break barriers in film diversity.

No Other Land, a film about Palestinians fighting to protect their homes from demolition by Israel’s military, has won the ...

The film has already won numerous awards worldwide, and it was nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film at this year’s ...

No Other Land’s directors were chased down and held at gunpoint while capturing horrific attacks on Palestinians. For them, an Oscar’s not the point.

Check out the latest exhibits and events Central Illinois museums, galleries and historic sites have to offer.

Initial Union attempts to storm the nearby Confederate capital city of Richmond, Virginia had been unsuccessful in 1861. Thus ...