As the final months of the American Civil War unfolded, we follow how a long-fractured nation moved from brutal fighting ...

In Ken Burns’s newest documentary, the war for independence was also a civil war. Amid a bitter fight over history, its ...

Ely Samuel Parker, a Seneca leader and Civil War officer, has been posthumously admitted to the New York State Bar. The ...

York said he still sees a "fundamental divide" among Democratic senators following the longest government shutdown in U.S.

Ely S. Parker, a Tonawanda Seneca from western New York, never took no for an answer.At the start of the Civil War, ...

Burns' new series focuses on pivotal battles and the historical insights from renowned historians and experts.

"The American Revolution," the latest work from filmmaker Ken Burns, begins this Sunday on PBS. The six-part, 12-hour history ...

When “The American Revolution” unfolds this month on PBS, don’t get the idea that you weren’t told the truth in elementary ...

Ken Burns’ new PBS documentary, The American Revolution, offers a comprehensive and unvarnished look at the nation’s founding as it approaches its 250th anniversary. The six-night, 12-hour series ...

Ray Marcano is a frequent Columbus Dispatch contributor. On July 23, 1967, authorities in Detroit raided an unlicensed drinking establishment in a predominantly Black neighborhood, infuriating ...

Those who see fit to nullify federal law should take a moment and reread the supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution.