History

May 11, 2017
Meet Anna Jarvis, the Woman Behind Mother's Day
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by Olivia B. Waxman
May 10, 2017
FBI Directors Are Appointed for 10-Year Terms. Here's Why
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by Olivia B. Waxman
May 10, 2017
James Comey Is the Second FBI Director to Be Fired. Here's What Happened the Other Time
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by Sarah Begley
May 10, 2017
The Real Reason Grads Wear a Cap and Gown
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by Olivia B. Waxman
May 9, 2017
American Fashion Has Gotten More Colorful. Here's What Changed
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by Olivia B. Waxman
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May 8, 2017
Why Today Marks Grateful Dead Day
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by Mahita Gajanan
May 8, 2017
James Baldwin, The 'Spiritual Historian'
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by Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk
May 8, 2017
50 Years Ago This Week: Meet the Little-Known Judge Defending Civil Rights
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by Lily Rothman
May 5, 2017
An African-American Jockey Hasn't Won the Kentucky Derby for More Than a Century. Here's Why
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by Olivia B. Waxman
May 5, 2017
Why the Hindenburg Disaster Is Still Worth Remembering
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by Guillaume de Syon
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May 4, 2017
What to Know About the Real History of Free Speech at Berkeley
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by History News Network
May 4, 2017
The Historically Accurate Way to Celebrate Cinco de Mayo
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by Olivia B. Waxman
May 4, 2017
What Happened When Oregon Sent Its Most Troubled Mental-Health Patients Into the Woods
by Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk
May 4, 2017
The Surprising Evolution of Cinco de Mayo
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by Olivia B. Waxman
May 3, 2017
What Jackie Robinson Said About the Red Sox and Race
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by Lily Rothman