We don't need to party like it's 1865. But we can celebrate the end of slavery with America's greatest abolitionist.

MARTIN: Your recent piece for “The New Yorker,” which is out now, outlines the trial of Jefferson Davis, the president of a Confederacy. It’s a very detailed and complicated story ...

Specifically, we will address the Jefferson Davis Horrible. It is straightforward enough to argue that the presidency, as an abstract matter, is not covered by Section 3. But the optics of the ...

Too bad Kentucky-born political leader Jefferson Davis, onetime U.S. Senator and former U.S. Secretary of War, didn’t consider a better encore for his performance as president of the Confederate ...

In Alabama, state offices will close in observance of Jefferson Davis' birthday, which is recognized as a state holiday. However, major retailers and businesses will operate during regular hours.

A pistol belonging to Jefferson Davis fetched a hefty price Saturday. (Rock Island Auction Company) A revolver worn by Confederate States of America President Jefferson Davis on the day of his ...

JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - Clifton Freeman and his family had been living in their dream home for six years. But they’re now picking up the pieces of their house located on Storey ...

Jill Lepore on the links between the trial of Jefferson Davis and that of Donald Trump. Donald Trump made history as the first U.S. president to be criminally indicted. But he is not the first ex ...