History

Jun 3, 2019
75 Years After D-Day, Fighting to Recognize Black Troops
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by Linda Hervieux
May 31, 2019
Even People Who Were There Still Don’t Agree on How Stonewall Started. Here’s What We Do Know
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by Olivia B. Waxman and Joey Lautrup
May 31, 2019
President Trump Played a Key Role in the Central Park Five Case. Here’s the Real History Behind 'When They See Us'
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by Olivia B. Waxman
May 30, 2019
Why Do People Build Walls? The Real Story of Jericho Offers a Surprising Answer
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by Ian Volner
May 28, 2019
Both the U.S. and Haiti Claim Navassa Island. Here's Why Its History Matters
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by History News Network
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May 28, 2019
Asian American Chefs Are Embracing Spam. But How Did the Canned Meat Make Its Way Into Their Cultures?
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by Ang Li
May 24, 2019
'Sitting on Top of Liquid Dynamite.' Inside a Long-Lost Eyewitness Account of the Communist Takeover of Shanghai
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by Marc Wortman
May 24, 2019
How Arlington National Cemetery Became the Resting Place for America’s ‘Heroic Dead’
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by Olivia B. Waxman
May 24, 2019
Remembering the Military Brothers Who Were Lost Together at Pearl Harbor
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by Walter R. Borneman
May 24, 2019
Peace With Honor: What Vietnam Can Teach Us About How to Leave Afghanistan
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by Thurston Clarke
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May 23, 2019
Was Aladdin Based on a Real Person? Here’s Why Scholars Are Starting to Think So
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by Olivia B. Waxman
May 23, 2019
How One Woman's Story Led to the Creation of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
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by Kat Moon
May 20, 2019
Trump's Plan Isn't First to Want Immigrants to Pass a Test
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by Abigail Abrams
May 20, 2019
How Cambodia’s Day of Remembrance for Genocide Victims Has Always Been Complicated by Politics
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by Andy Kopsa
May 20, 2019
The U.S. Put Norman Mineta in an Incarceration Camp. Then He Went to Congress
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by Olivia B. Waxman