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More than simply Picasso's muse, the French artist won renown for her striking paintings and photographs
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More than simply Picasso's muse, the French artist won renown for her striking paintings and photographs
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A new DNA study suggests Ashkenazi Jews living in 14th-century Germany were surprisingly genetically diverse
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This wide-ranging list offers context for our rapidly changing world
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The 1885 death of Black entrepreneur Benjamin J. Burton divided the close-knit community of Newport, Rhode Island
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In our efforts to increase and diffuse knowledge, we highly recommend these 44 titles this year
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Our favorite titles of the year resurrect forgotten histories and illuminate how the nation ended up where it is today
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The indelible comedian opens up about her favorite TV moments
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"The Fabelmans" is a lightly fictionalized dramatization of the famous director's childhood
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Under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, J. Edgar Hoover consolidated immense power—and created the beginnings of the surveillance state
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The performer's vivacious life takes the stage as part of the new Smithsonian exhibition, "Entertainment Nation"
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An inside look at how popular culture represents who we are as a nation
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In 1922, Rebecca Latimer Felton, a Georgia women's rights activist and lynching proponent, temporarily filled a dead man's Senate seat
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Theodore Roosevelt's eldest daughter won the public's adoration with her rebellious antics
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The National Portrait Gallery's 2022 Portrait of a Nation Award honors seven changemakers, from Anthony Fauci to Clive Davis
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A new book by an Israeli archaeologist makes the stunning claim that common Jewish practices emerged only a century or so before Jesus
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The world-famous actor Charlotte Cushman returns to the limelight, with her costumes going on view in a new Smithsonian exhibition
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The sequel to the 2018 Marvel blockbuster features a Maya-inspired antihero played by Mexican actor Tenoch Huerta
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Proteins left behind on historic artifacts are revealing centuries-old secrets
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The author of a book about William Still unearths new details about the leading Black abolitionist—and reflects on his lost legacy
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