History

Oct 4, 2018
More Americans Supported Hitler Than You May Think. Here's Why That History Isn't Better Known
HISTORY
by Lily Rothman
Oct 4, 2018
What to Know About the Original 'A Star Is Born'—and the Other Versions, Too
HISTORY
by Rachel E. Greenspan
Oct 3, 2018
Landlocked Bolivia Wants a Path to the Pacific. Here's Why That Won't Be Happening Any Time Soon
WORLD
by Ciara Nugent
Oct 2, 2018
Bram Stoker Claimed That Parts of 'Dracula' Were Real. Here's What We Know About the Story Behind the Novel
HISTORY
by Dacre Stoker and J.D. Barker
Oct 2, 2018
Queen Elizabeth's Childhood Governess Wrote a Smash-Hit Memoir. It Wrecked Her Relationship With the Royal Family
HISTORY
by Adrian Tinniswood
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Oct 1, 2018
What Kanye West Got Right and Wrong About the 13th Amendment, According to Historians
HISTORY
by Olivia B. Waxman
Oct 1, 2018
The Early Christians Were Focused on Solidarity Across Race, Class and Gender. Then Things Changed
HISTORY
by Stephen J. Patterson
Oct 1, 2018
Why Beer Is the World’s Most Beloved Drink
by Courtney Mifsud Intreglia
Oct 1, 2018
Wearing a Pink Ribbon for Breast Cancer Awareness? Here's How Awareness Ribbons Became a Thing
HISTORY
by Olivia B. Waxman
Sep 28, 2018
The Boeing 747 Is Turning 50. Here's How the ‘Queen of the Skies’ Came to Reign Over Air Travel
HISTORY
by The Conversation
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Sep 28, 2018
Aretha Franklin Never Saw This Picture of Herself. Here's the Story Behind the Previously Unpublished Portrait
HISTORY
by Olivia B. Waxman
Sep 27, 2018
What to Know About Murphy Brown's History of Making Real-World News
HISTORY
by Mahita Gajanan
Sep 27, 2018
A Perfect Lie Detector Has Never Been Found. Here’s Where Polygraphs Like Christine Blasey Ford’s Come In
HISTORY
by Olivia B. Waxman
Sep 26, 2018
What to Know About the Surprising Modern History of Contraception
HISTORY
by Lily Rothman
Sep 26, 2018
Everything You Know About How World War I Ended Is Wrong
IDEAS
by Geoffrey Wawro