When Abraham Lincoln became president, he appointed three political rivals to his cabinet. Read this interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Doris Kearns Goodwin to discover how Lincoln found common ground with his political rivals. Then, click on the link to read an excerpt from her book.
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In Search of America: One Nation, Indivisible
For his book The Longest Road, Philip Caputo and his family drove across America to discover what binds us together. Read an excerpt from his book about what he discovers in Grand Island, Nebraska. Then, click on the link to view photos from life in this Midwestern town.
Apartheid
Nobel Prize-winning author Nadine Gordimer writes about South Africa and the effects of apartheid on its people. Learn more about apartheid, from its origins to its end in 1994.