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Mar 5, 2019
The Real Military Program That Inspired 'Top Gun' Just Turned 50. Here's How Being a Navy Pilot Has Changed Since Then
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by Olivia B. Waxman
Mar 5, 2019
How One Daring Woman Introduced the Idea of Smallpox Inoculation to England
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by Thomas Hager
Mar 5, 2019
Women in Ancient Rome Didn’t Have Equal Rights. They Still Changed History
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by Barry Strauss
Mar 5, 2019
Pope to Unseal Holocaust-Era Vatican Records
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by Olivia B. Waxman
Feb 28, 2019
One Author on Why Educating Kids About Race in the U.S. Is More Important Than Ever
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by Lauren Bogholtz
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Feb 28, 2019
These Pictures by Early African-American Photographers Did More Than Capture a Moment
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by National Museum of African American History and Culture
Feb 26, 2019
The Green New Deal’s Supporters Should Take a Crucial Lesson From FDR’s Original New Deal
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by Andrea Flynn and Susan R. Holmberg
Feb 26, 2019
Not Every Woman Who Served With the U.S. Military During World War I Got the Same Treatment. Here’s Why
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by Pamela D. Toler
Feb 26, 2019
'You Can't Push the Land Too Hard.' How Mapping the Grand Canyon Shaped a Vision of Climate Trouble to Come
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by Olivia B. Waxman
Feb 26, 2019
State Incentives for Attracting Business Were Controversial Long Before Amazon. Here's What That History Can Teach Us
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by James C. Cobb
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Feb 25, 2019
Trump and Kim Could Declare an End to the Korean War After Seven Decades. How Are the U.S. and North Korea Still at War?
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by Olivia B. Waxman
Feb 22, 2019
Is If Beale Street Could Talk Based on a True Story? The Answer Is Complicated
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by Olivia B. Waxman
Feb 22, 2019
These Photos of a Segregated U.S. Navy Unit Were Lost for Decades. They Still Have a Story to Tell
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by John Edwin Mason
Feb 22, 2019
Why Does Hollywood Roll Out a Red Carpet? Here’s How the Oscars Tradition Began
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by Rachel E. Greenspan
Feb 21, 2019
How One Man's Autograph Collection Is a Surprising Window Into a Changing World
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by TIME Video and Lily Rothman