Heather Cox Richardson

There have always been two Americas. One based in religious zeal, mythology, and inequality; and one grounded in rule of the people and the pursuit of equality.

Reconstruction-era opponents of racial equality popularized the charge that protecting civil rights would amount to the end of capitalism.

DC statehood would be a modest ploy compared with the mass admission of underpopulated western territories.

The political context for one of the worst atrocities ever to take place on U.S. soil.

A dozen historians weigh in.

Today’s Republicans would have fit right into Herbert Hoover’s administration.

How Theodore's Roosevelt's personal tragedies inspired him to reform America's cities.

During Reconstruction, elites used racist appeals to silence calls for redistribution and worker empowerment.

The origins of the Hallmark holiday are rooted in a much greater cause.

The militant abolitionist's execution set a precedent for armed resistance against the federal government with implications for those who had condemned him.