U.S. History

Chris Calton tells the incredible story of one of the most significant episodes in the history of the United States.

The first attempts at gun control were aimed at disarming minorities. This has continued throughout American history.

If speech can be equated with violence, then the extent of government control in daily life can be greatly expanded.

Chris Calton analyzes Lincoln’s momentous—and historically controversial—decision.

We're in a boom period, which means household formation should be booming. But it's not. 

On Indian reservations in America, there is a sickening lack of economic opportunity partly because of a lack of political autonomy and private property. 

More Deep South states join South Carolina in seceding from the Union.

As with the right to free speech in general, expressing one's property rights depends partly on whose property one is standing. 

With disunion looming, conservative Republicans and southern unionists seek a compromise that would keep the Union together.

Historian Amity Shlaes makes the libertarian case for Calvin Coolidge.