Fifty years ago, still spooked by the events of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the U.S. and Soviet Union built a hotline. But it wasn’t a phone
Aimee Semple McPherson was an American phenomenon even before she went missing for five weeks in 1926.
A trove of documents, buttons and other memorable tokens carry the memory of the most historic day in the civil rights movement
The outsider architect-artist has finally wooed the establishment, winning the Copper-Hewitt's Lifetime Achievement Award, but he's still mixing things up
Historian John Reddick looks at the people behind the neighborhood's recent reemergence as a thriving destination in the public eye
A theorist who can't stop planning has big ideas for his hometown on sustainability, equity and the right to the city
The young scientist demolished the old guard's ideas on the nature and size of the universe
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award winner Margie Ruddick talks about blending ecology, architecture in first-ever permanent living indoor installation
From a Las Vegas Denny's with a wedding chapel to rock 'n' roll posters, this year's design award winners have a good time with great design
For one reason or another, these lucky souls never boarded the doomed ship whose sinking launched America's involvement in WWI
New archaeological evidence and forensic analysis reveals that a 14-year-old girl was cannibalized in desperation
Smithsonian researchers used optical technology to play back the unplayable records
Nathaniel Philbrick takes on one of the Revolutionary War’s most famous and least understood battles
For a brief period in 1810, Florida was truly a country of its own
Corporate violence against union organizers might have gone unrecorded—if it not for an enterprising news photographer
Gallery closings, fewer exhibitions and reduced educational offerings are some of the impacts he listed before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Educating Americans for the 21st Century
From corporate donations to workplace restrictions, what’s taught in the classroom has always been influenced by American industry
Educating Americans for the 21st Century
Explore the exam that has been stressing out college-bound high school students since 1926
Baseball brought the two men together, but even when Rickey left the Brooklyn Dodgers, their relationship off the field would last for years
When LucasArts was first starting out in the 1980s, the future of video games included holograms, virtual reality headsets and worldwide networking
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