In a fascinating new book, the forgotten tale of Richard Pavlick, who tried to kill JFK in 1960, is brought to light ...

Even before 1960, when seventeen countries in Africa gained independence in a single year, American diplomats had identified ...

What stuck with me were the thousands trackside who came, not to see a spectacle, but to honor a man who transmitted caring.

After serving as President Dwight Eisenhower's right-hand man for eight years, Nixon faced an uphill battle to the presidency ...

Jimmy and Rossalyn Carter had four children - three sons and a daughter, Amy. She followed in her father's footsteps in many ...

If ordinary Americans know one critic of the American Empire, it’s almost certainly Chomsky. Noam Chomsky is the most famous ...

Many of Trump's picks for top jobs in his next administration have not worked at the highest levels of government or in the ...

His predations toward Canada, Panama, and Denmark can’t work. But Woodrow Wilson showed how to pick up territory the smart ...

Bill Clinton and Barack Obama previously took presidential oaths of office on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. However, in both ...

Paul Byrne examines Bob Dylan's origin story & looks at how Timothée Chalamet embodied one of the greatest songwriters of all ...

It was discussed as a matter of the difference between the evangelist Billy Graham and his son, Franklin. Was it merely a ...

Between 1957 and his assassination on April 4, 1968, at age 39, Martin Luther King Jr. gave 2,500 speeches, wrote sermons and ...