Lincoln’s Great Depression
How Abraham Lincoln’s lifelong struggle with clinical depression was a key to his presidency.
Abraham Lincoln
How San Francisco Renamed Its Schools
An interview with Gabriela López, the head of the San Francisco Board of Education.
The Fight to Find John Wilkes Booth’s Diary in a Forgotten Subway Tunnel
Possible clues about Lincoln’s murder in the unlikeliest place.
Yrs. Truly, A Lincoln
On the grifter who made a living forging the signatures of American heroes.
The Unsuccessful Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln
Learning of a plot against the life of the newly elected Lincoln, Alan Pinkerton decamps to Baltimore and infiltrates the conspiracy.
The Man Who Shot the Man Who Shot Lincoln
The strange life of Boston Corbett, the soldier who killed John Wilkes Booth in 1865.
