The answer is no. These Critical Questions use core findings from the academic literature on civil wars and political violence to situate recent tragic events and fundamentally challenge the notion ...

An analysis of newly released 19th-century census records offers more insight into the conflict’s costs. By Emily Baumgaertner Faded ink. Inconsistencies. Fires. The deadliest conflict in American ...

New York’s last Republican governor said this week that sanctuary jurisdictions are reminiscent of the Confederate states that balked at federal law and waged war against the Union. Former Gov. George ...

The U.S. has seen an uptick in political polarization, as well as growing political unrest in recent weeks, such as the assassination of Minnesota politician Melissa Hortman and protests over ...

The term has increasingly been invoked on social media after major political moments, highlighting divisions among Americans. Data includes posts, reposts and replies from July 1, 2025, to 7:45 p.m.

QUINCY — A slate of nationally-known speakers along with local historians will be featured at the Quincy Civil War Symposium V. The fifth symposium, sponsored by the Historical Society of Quincy and ...