An investigative reporter enlists his journalism students to help him solve Watergate’s most intriguing puzzle
Master horologist John Metcalfe keeps on ticking
For nearly a century, the nation’s 15 million Shiite Muslims have been denied access to political power
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A new book documents a week in the life of America in all its rich, colorful, contradictory, nostalgic, emotional, heartfelt and, oh yes, exuberant…glory
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Forty years ago, the assassination of JFK stunned Americans, who vividly recall the day even as they grapple with his complex legacy
November anniversaries, momentous or merely memorable
Reconsidering JFK and Sylvia Plath
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The Man Who Wrote the Pledge of Allegiance
The schoolroom staple didn’t originally include “under God,” even though it was created by an ordained minister
Immersion schools try to revive and preserve Native American languages
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Before the Interstates passed the highway by, America got its kicks on Route 66
Tumult and Transition in “Little America”
A quarter century of civil war over festering ethnic animosities has renewed questions about the U.S. role in the African nation
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The legendary explorers carried destiny on their expedition. But they could not have fulfilled is without this unprepossessing device
The American journalist’s harrowing 1871 quest to find England’s most celebrated explorer is also a story of newfound fascination with Africa
In a new book, a British journalist documents the day-by-day march into conflict in Iraq
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The Stranger and the Statesman: James Smithson, John Quincy Adams, and the Making of America’s Greatest Museum
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In the 1970s, British accountant Alfred Wainwright linked back roads, rights-of-way and ancient footpaths to blaze a trail across the sceptered isle
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There was no love lost between Egypt’s Anwar Sadat and Israel’s Menachem Begin. But at the very brink of failure, they found a way to reach agreement
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Momentous or merely memorable
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Amid all the hoopla, it’s easy to lose sight of the expedition’s true significance
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