History

Aug 24, 2016
See the Photographs That Captured the Icons of Jazz
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by Liz Ronk and Olivia B. Waxman
Aug 23, 2016
The U.N. Is Commemorating Haiti's Role in Ending the Slave Trade. Here's Why
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by Manisha Sinha
Aug 23, 2016
Inside the Attica Uprising: A Doctor in D Yard
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by Heather Ann Thompson
Aug 22, 2016
These 1861 Photographs Helped Save America’s Wilderness
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by Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk
Aug 22, 2016
The Alliance Between America’s Black and Jewish Activists Has Long Been Troubled
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by Arica L. Coleman
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Aug 22, 2016
How Nat Turner Explained the Slave Rebellion He Led
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by Lily Rothman
Aug 19, 2016
A Brief History of the Clinton Family's Chocolate-Chip Cookies
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by Daniel White
Aug 19, 2016
Why Bill Clinton Signed the Welfare Reform Bill, as Explained in 1996
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by Lily Rothman
Aug 19, 2016
'Electric Tension' in the Real Jerusalem in the Time of 'A Tale of Love and Darkness'
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by Lily Rothman
Aug 18, 2016
The W.E.B. Du Bois Argument for Not Voting in a 'Phony Election'
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by Arica L. Coleman
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Aug 18, 2016
Literally Epic Photos From the Making of the Classic 'Ben-Hur'
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by Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk
Aug 18, 2016
When Champions of Women's Diving Were Called 'Athletes Second, Girls First'
by Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk
Aug 17, 2016
Fact-Checking 'The Ballad of Davy Crockett'
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by Olivia B. Waxman
Aug 17, 2016
The Surprising Story of T.S. Eliot's Second Wife Valerie
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by Sarah Begley
Aug 16, 2016
Now You Know: Why Do We Have Middle Names?
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by Merrill Fabry