Years
People, events and movements related to the 15th through 21st centuries
The Rescue of Henry Clay
A long-lost painting of the Senate's Great Compromiser finds a fitting new home in the halls of the U.S. Capitol
November 2009 |
By Fergus M. Bordewich
Historical Laughter
Those who don't have power tend to make fun of those who do. But what happens when the power shifts?
November 2009 |
By Lance Morrow
Are Scientists or Moviemakers the Bigger Dodos?
Scientist-turned-filmmaker Randy Olson says that academics must be more like Hollywood in how they share their love for science
October 30, 2009 |
By Abby Callard
The Ghost Wineries of Napa Valley
In the peaks and valleys of California’s wine country, vinters remember the region’s rich history and rebuild for the future
October 27, 2009 |
By Matt Kettmann
Hazel Scott’s Lifetime of High Notes
She began her career as a musical prodigy and ended up breaking down racial barriers in the recording and film industries
October 16, 2009 |
By Karen Chilton
Meriwether Lewis' Mysterious Death
Two hundred years later, debate continues over whether the famous explorer committed suicide or was murdered
October 09, 2009 |
By Abigail Tucker
Jewish Songwriters, American Songs
Poet David Lehman talks about the brilliant Jewish composers and lyricists whose work largely comprises the great American songbook
October 07, 2009 |
By Jamie Katz
A Depression- Era Playlist
Poet David Lehman provides a list of his favorite songs from the 1930s, including works by Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen and others
October 07, 2009 |
By David Lehman
Roller Derby’s Sisterhood
Ithaca’s SufferJets may have ironic skate names and elaborate uniforms, but on the track, it’s all business
October 02, 2009 |
By Rachel Dickinson
A Human Rights Breakthrough in Guatemala
A chance discovery of police archives may reveal the fate of tens of thousands of people who disappeared in Guatemala's civil war
October 2009 |
By Julian Smith
Portraits of Baseball's Tinker, Evers and Chance
The famed Chicago Cubs infielders were immortalized in verse—as well as through Paul Thompson's lens
October 2009 |
By Harry Katz
John Brown's Day of Reckoning
The abolitionist's bloody raid on a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry 150 years ago set the stage for the Civil War
October 2009 |
By Fergus M. Bordewich
250 Years of Wedgwood
Two new exhibitions celebrate the enduring wares of ceramics designer and entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood
September 29, 2009 |
By Nancy Mann Jackson
Motown Turns 50
For years, the recording industry excluded black artists. Along came Motown, and suddenly everyone was singing its tunes
September 29, 2009 |
By Marian Smith Holmes
John Brown's Famous Photograph
An 1840s image captures an extremist's fervor
September 21, 2009 |
By Owen Edwards
The Legacy of America’s Largest Forest Fire
A 1910 wildfire that raged across three Western states helped advance the nation’s conservation efforts
September 17, 2009 |
By Timothy Egan
Top 10 Nation-Building Real Estate Deals
Luck and hard bargaining contributed to the growth of the United States. But with expansion came consequences
September 07, 2009 |
By T.A. Frail
Escaping the Iron Curtain
Photographer Sean Kernan followed Polish immigrants Andrej and Alec Bozek from an Austrian refugee camp to Texas
September 2009 |
By Dewitt Sage
Saving Punjab
A Sikh architect is helping to preserve cultural sites in the north Indian state still haunted by 1947’s heart-wrenching Partition
September 2009 |
By Geoffrey C. Ward
