For centuries, the people of the mountain village of Chambon-sur-Lignon have opened their arms to the world’s displaced
From the American West to the Middle East, the powerless face stark choices when confronted by the powerful
Helen Rappaport’s new book investigates if the family could have been saved
After winning 6 percent of the vote in the 1912 presidential election, Eugene Debs ran afoul of the nation's new anti-sedition laws
An oral history project deepens our understanding of U.S. history by sharing accounts of the community owned by Thomas Jefferson
Unlike the other one-percenters of his age, John Mackay gained his countrymen’s admiration. But in an ironic twist, it means he’s little known today
A professor of political history looks at how RFK, assassinated 50 years ago this week, was an improbable hero to the left
During World War I, vaudeville star Elsie Janis travelled to France to bring good cheer to U.S. troops
In the 1850s, women’s rights activists briefly adopted a new style in an effort to liberate themselves from heavy dresses
As young girls, they fought the fierce battle to integrate America’s schools half a century ago
Before there was the novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe, a formerly enslaved African-American living in Canada wrote a memoir detailing his experience
Prohibited from treating white GIs, the women felt betrayed by the country they sought to serve
During his short, but remarkable life Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. shaped the nation and the world. Look back at some of MLK's most iconic achievements
During his long tenure as maître d’ at the famed Waldorf Hotel, Oscar had the city’s elite at his fingertips
Twenty years ago, the courts gave Theodore Kaczynski four life sentences, thereby ending more than a decade of terror.
Lenneal Henderson and thousands of other protesters occupied the National Mall for 42 days during the landmark civil rights protest
Greta Perlman survived the Holocaust. The mementos she saved offer clues about how Jews endured the indignities and horrors of the Nazis
William J. Kennedy crossed the finish line wrapped in the American flag
To avoid being labeled a communist sympathizer, King had to distance himself from Hughes, but he still managed to channel the controversial poet
Written in wartime New York City, the children’s book brings out the small explorer in everyone
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