The annual American holiday called Thanksgiving formally began with a 1863 proclamation from Abraham Lincoln declaring the ...

Democracy was facing its toughest test 159 years ago and Abraham Lincoln's fine speech at Gettysburg was a turning point that ...

Editorial: Lincoln offers a model of how we, in the midst of seemingly never-ending conflicts, can celebrate Thanksgiving.

Shirley Chisholm the first ever black woman elected to Congress, and the first woman to pursue a Presidential nomination. Kurt Vonnegu ...