Our favorite titles of the year resurrect forgotten histories and illuminate how the nation ended up where it is today
The Stars Are Aligned at the National Museum of American History
The indelible comedian opens up about her favorite TV moments
"The Fabelmans" is a lightly fictionalized dramatization of the famous director's childhood
Under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, J. Edgar Hoover consolidated immense power—and created the beginnings of the surveillance state
The Stars Are Aligned at the National Museum of American History
The performer's vivacious life takes the stage as part of the new Smithsonian exhibition, "Entertainment Nation"
The Stars Are Aligned at the National Museum of American History
An inside look at how popular culture represents who we are as a nation
In 1922, Rebecca Latimer Felton, a Georgia women's rights activist and lynching proponent, temporarily filled a dead man's Senate seat
Theodore Roosevelt's eldest daughter won the public's adoration with her rebellious antics
The National Portrait Gallery's 2022 Portrait of a Nation Award honors seven changemakers, from Anthony Fauci to Clive Davis
A new book by an Israeli archaeologist makes the stunning claim that common Jewish practices emerged only a century or so before Jesus
The Stars Are Aligned at the National Museum of American History
The world-famous actor Charlotte Cushman returns to the limelight, with her costumes going on view in a new Smithsonian exhibition
The sequel to the 2018 Marvel blockbuster features a Maya-inspired antihero played by Mexican actor Tenoch Huerta
Proteins left behind on historic artifacts are revealing centuries-old secrets
A ceremonial procession kicked off a weekend of events to dedicate the National Native American Veterans Memorial
The author of a book about William Still unearths new details about the leading Black abolitionist—and reflects on his lost legacy
The fifth season of "The Crown" explores the dissolution of Charles and Diana's marriage, a catastrophic fire and other Windsor tragedies
Untold Stories of American History
A new book explores the diplomatic efforts of Joseph C. Grew, who was assigned to Tokyo between 1932 and 1942
Throughout the Middle East, the versatile fruit has been revered since antiquity. How will it fare in a changing world?
While vintage plates have grown popular, these older iterations show where officials got it wrong
A hundred years after the legendary find, archival records tell the definitive story of the dig that changed the world
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