Dan Gediman’s new podcast, The Copperhead Conspiracy, looks at how thousands of Northerners conspired with the Confederacy to ...

This river has been here longer than any of us. During the Civil War, it saw movement, conflict, and loss. Recovering three ...

Parts of Kentucky still carry traces of the Civil War just beneath the surface. These finds were uncovered slowly and ...

From award-winning public radio producer Dan Gediman, "The Copperhead Conspiracy" tells a story from Kentucky’s past that’s largely been forgotten.

Slave trading helped Southerners survive and fight the Civil War, as well as to build the future for which they fought. The ...

From the Civil Rights Movement to the assassinations of notable figures, these world-changing events defined the way boomers ...

William Henry Seward and his wife, Frances, shared antislavery convictions, but his career imposed great stress on their ...

The new PBS docuseries, narrated by George Clooney and with Jeff Goldblum voicing Thoreau, delves into Thoreau’s life.

Author Ernest Hemingway, for about a decade in the late 1920s, enjoyed Wyoming as his summer retreat, where he found ...

Miami Dolphins coaching candidate John Harbaugh ranks fourth in wins, has won a Super Bowl and is a regular in the playoffs.

Federal Reserve regulations are rules put in place by the Federal Reserve Board to regulate the practices of the banking ...

A culture clash driven by finances and Old World alignments had the Big Apple contemplating leaving the Union. The Civil War ...