Donald Trump has cited the Gilded Age era as an inspiration – but experts say it was rife with government and business ...

Republicans enacted the Pacific Railroad Act, granting private railroad companies ... As a consequence, from 1865 to 1873, industrial production increased by 75 percent, putting the United States ...

This land loss points to a much larger national problem: the racial wealth gap. The average Black household today has 15 cents in total wealth for every one dollar held by the average white household.

“This is the height of antimonopoly, political turmoil, the rise of labor in the United States,” said White, author of “The ...

A new historical marker is in place at Chesterfield Street and Park Avenue, a few yards from Aiken County's courthouse. The marker, a project of Aiken County Historical Commission, replaces one that ...

Abraham Lincoln said goodbye to his friend for the last time as they left the meeting that afternoon. It was Friday, April 14, 1865. America’s 16th president was 42 days into his second term and would ...

Starring Anson Mount as a soldier seeking revenge in the Wild West, 'Hell on Wheels' has now found success more than a decade ...

He has not expressly detailed plans to end a national income tax since retaking the White House, and he can’t do so without an act of Congress ... That resulted in railroad bankruptcies, a ...