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Castro at a rally, 1959

Comrades and Arms

When Fidel Castro asked for a show of hands in support of his new policies, an American journalist captured the response
April 2008 | By Guy Gugliotta

President Lyndon B. Johnson

The Unmaking of the President

Lyndon Johnson believed that his withdrawal from the 1968 presidential campaign would free him to solidify his legacy
April 2008 | By Clay Risen

The Empress Dowager Cixi 1903-1905

Cixi: The Woman Behind the Throne

The concubine who became China’s last empress
March 01, 2008 | By Amanda Bensen

Christopher Columbus crew

The Lost Fort of Columbus

On his voyage to the Americas in 1492, the explorer built a small fort somewhere in the Caribbean
January 2008 | By Frances Maclean

Drayton Hall, a stately Palladian manse built in 1742 near Charleston, South Carolina, was the childhood home of pamphleteer and Continental Congress delegate William Henry Drayton. Its porticoes and pediments convey a sense of grandeur, and it remains in much the same condition as it was 250 years ago.

Revolutionary Real Estate

Statesmen, soldiers and spies who made America and the way they lived
December 2007 | By Hugh Howard

A lock of hair and wool leggings belonging to Sitting Bull

Sitting Bull's Legacy

The Lakota Sioux leader's relics return to his only living descendants
October 31, 2007 | By Jess Blumberg

photos of the Kennedys

Portrait of the Kennedys

Never-before-published photographs reveal a personal side to the first family
October 26, 2007 | By Nicole Wroten

The Kennedys: Portrait of a Family

An excerpt from the new book by Shannon Thomas Perich
October 26, 2007 | By Shannon Thomas Perich

“He’s changed the whole environment,” a fellow educator says of Gonzalez (at Middle School 223, March 2007). Though many of his students come from poor or unstable homes, “he’s shown that all kids can read, all kids can write.”

Organizing Principal

In the South Bronx, Ramón Gonzalez gives a troubled middle school a kidcentric makeover
October 2007 | By Paula Span

“Lending to somebody,” says Flannery, “sends the message that you’re treating them as an equal. It’s a dignifiedway to interact.”

I, Lender

Software engineer Matt Flannery pioneers Internet microloans to the world's poor
October 2007 | By Amy Crawford

Against the British, both Washington and Lafayette (left and right, at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-78) had to learn how to lead citizen-soldiers rather than mercenaries, motivating their men through affection and idealism rather than through fear.

Washington & Lafayette

Almost inseparable in wartime, the two generals split over a vital question: Should revolutionary ideals be imposed on others?
September 2007 | By James R. Gaines

War Correspondence

Letters between George Washington and Marquis de Lafayette
September 01, 2007 | By Smithsonian magazine

On March 15, 1781, American forces inflicted heavy losses on the British Army at Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina. The redcoats had seemed invincible only a few months before.

100 Days That Shook the World

The all-but-forgotten story of the unlikely hero who ensured victory in the American Revolution
July 2007 | By John Ferling

John Blake White

The Swamp Fox

Elusive and crafty, Francis Marion outwitted British troops during the American Revolution
July 01, 2007 | By Amy Crawford

Trailed by reporters, Jimmy Carter launched his antimalaria initiative in the small community of Afeta. Some 50 million Ethiopians (Kemeru Gessese washes clothes in a river) live in regions where the disease is rampant.

The Ethiopia Campaign

After fighting neglected diseases in Africa for a quarter century, former president Jimmy Carter takes on one of the continent's biggest killers malaria
June 2007 | By Robert M. Poole

"Getting to the Pacific by ship, without having to go over land, was the biggest challenge of that period," says Helen Nadar. "[Magellan

The Man Who Sailed the World

Ferdinand Magellan's global journey gave him fame, but took his life
June 01, 2007 | By Haley Crum

Egyptian queen Cleopatra

Who Was Cleopatra?

Mythology, propaganda, Liz Taylor and the real Queen of the Nile
April 01, 2007 | By Amy Crawford

"I saw this fabulous scene," said Hardy. Excluded from the press pool, he had borrowed a dinner jacket and sneaked into the Paris Opera.

Operatic Entrance

As Paris feted Queen Elizabeth II, photographer Bert Hardy found a circumstance to match her pomp
March 2007 | By David J. Marcou

Gen. George H. Thomas

Catching Up With "Old Slow Trot"

Stubborn and deliberate, General George Henry Thomas was one of the Union's most brilliant strategists. So why was he cheated by history?
March 2007 | By Ernest B. Furgurson

The Forgotten General

Historians' perspectives on George H. Thomas
March 2007 | By Ernest B. Furgurson


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