History

Nov 7, 2018
The True Story Behind 'The Front Runner'
HISTORY
by Olivia B. Waxman
Nov 6, 2018
Original Black Panther Bobby Seale Explains the History Behind That Viral Photo of Armed Stacey Abrams Supporters
HISTORY
by Olivia B. Waxman
Nov 5, 2018
Why Do Midterm Elections Even Exist? Here's Why the Framers Scheduled Things This Way
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by Olivia B. Waxman
Nov 5, 2018
Journalistic Objectivity Evolved the Way It Did for a Reason
HISTORY
by Matthew Pressman
Nov 2, 2018
Freddie Mercury Didn't Want to Be a 'Poster Boy' for AIDS — But He and Other Celebrities Played a Key Role in Its History
HISTORY
by Olivia B. Waxman
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Nov 2, 2018
The Nearest Thing to Heaven: A Statue's Lesson of Faith
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by Neil MacGregor
Nov 2, 2018
The Movie 'Peterloo' Is Based on a Real Massacre. Here's What to Know About the True Story
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by Ciara Nugent
Nov 1, 2018
The Pittsburgh Attack Led to Calls For 'Tikkun Olam.' What to Know About the Influential Jewish Idea
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by Lawrence Fine
Nov 1, 2018
Emmett Till’s Death Could Easily Have Been Forgotten. Here’s How It Became a Civil Rights Turning Point Instead
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by Elliott J. Gorn
Oct 31, 2018
What 'This Is Us' Gets Right and Wrong About the Vietnam War, According to an Expert
HISTORY
by Rachel E. Greenspan
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Oct 31, 2018
What the Constitution Really Says About Birthright Citizenship
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by Akhil Reed Amar and Steven G. Calabresi
Oct 31, 2018
Trump Wants to Revoke Birthright Citizenship. Here's What to Know About Why That Right Exists
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by Gina Martinez
Oct 30, 2018
What Is Samhain? What to Know About the Ancient Pagan Festival That Came Before Halloween
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by Cady Lang
Oct 29, 2018
What Does It Mean to Discriminate Because of 'Sex?' How the Legal Meaning of That Word Has Evolved
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by Katy Steinmetz
Oct 26, 2018
Mail Bombs Rocked American Politics a Century Ago. Here's What a Historian Thinks That Moment Has to Teach Us
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by Lily Rothman