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By mid-September 1864, despite the Union conquest of Atlanta and the continuing siege at Petersburg, political talk and the potential for Lincoln’s defeat…

For months Union forces besieging Charlestown, South Carolina had bombarded the Confederate defenders of Fort Sumter. On an island in the middle of…

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is facing public criticism after his comments suggesting that women should not ask for raises. But they also underscore questions about tech's male-dominated culture.

Director Damien Chazelle's second film centers on the agony of a drummer in a high-powered music school. The movie ties you into knots: The fear of failure is omnipresent. So is the jazz vibe.

The White House effort to replace Attorney General Eric Holder is happening largely in the shadows. But Labor Secretary Thomas Perez is emerging as a top candidate for the post.

Textbook prices are high and rising, yet one obvious alternative to paying for paper — the e-textbook — just hasn't caught on, even with a new, digital-savvy generation of students.

On Thursday, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said it is good karma in some instances when women do not ask for a raise. Melissa Block talks to Maria Klawe, who was interviewing him, about the reaction.

On Saturday, September 16, 1864, Confederate cavalry under General Wade Hampton, having ridden around the Union left flank for two days, attacked the…

On Monday, September 1, 1864 at Winchester, Virginia Philip Sheridan’s Union forces of some forty thousand attacked Jubal Early’s twelve thousand…

On Monday, September 19, 1864 Confederate troops under Sterling Price invaded Missouri in the last significant Confederate operation in the…