Todd Gitlin, former president of Students for a Democratic Society, shares his perspective on protest in the 60s and now
Germany's defeat could be traced to pins in a map now on display at the Smithsonian's American History Museum
The media are still feeling the impact of an executive order signed in 1917 that created 'the nation's first ministry of information'
The new federal government was plagued with absences and excuses—until James Madison helped kick things into gear
By the 1850s, Ernestine Rose was a well-known public figure, far more famous than her allies Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
When American troops faltered, Baron von Steuben helped whip them into shape
The mountains of southern West Virginia are riddled with coal—and bullets
Pulled from the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Claggett Wilson's watercolors are in a traveling show
The city's waterfront fell into dangerous decline, but now its on the rebound with a new wave of money and creativity
The first president was exceedingly wary of any semblance of impropriety
How the nation got hooked on sweets
A confusing set of blocks could seal their fate
The case against Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederacy, would have been a legal showdown of the ages
Piecing together the language of the Miami tribe, linguists Daryl Baldwin and David Costa are creating a new generation of speakers
The short-lived show offered the best screen portrayal of the war the country has ever seen
Before he became a sports photographer, John G. Zimmerman captured a past that feels all too present
Award-winning sportswriter Jane Leavy says the Bambino would be as big a personality as he was in his own time
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A mainstay of Western culture, the free-roaming stallions are now a force to be reckoned with
On April 29, 1992, Los Angeles erupted into chaos after four white LAPD officers were acquitted for beating African-American motorist Rodney King
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