Ed Ayers: A good way to think of Reconstruction is a set of goals that the Republicans in Washington had in mind. And those goals are for the South to rebuild the social order along the lines of ...

Reconstruction of the South, 1857. Library of Congress. January 1: President Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that the majority of the nation's slave population ...

South Africa's struggle with economic inequality demands bold solutions. This analysis explores how a transformation fund ...

The South African National Assembly officially began using a repurposed dome as its temporary chamber on Monday, to ensuring the continuity of parliamentary proceedings after a devastating fire ...

Pennsylvania journalist Charles B. Fancher was born six years after his great-grandfather died and didn’t know much about his ancestor until a few years ago. While visiting his “decorous” 92-year-old ...

Financial struggles and fear of further Israeli attacks are impeding efforts to get life back to normal, with a monumental ...