U.S. marines faced a battle unlike any they had faced before: the Japanese intentionally crashed over 1,900 planes in suicide kamikaze dives on them
At Resurrection City, an epic 1968 demonstration on the National Mall in Washington D.C., protesters defined the next 50 years of activism
Minister, theologian and mystic Howard Thurman had a profound influence on Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
An 18th-century kitchen guide taught Americans how to eat simply but sumptuously
A new exhibition at the Library of Congress highlights female artists and their contributions to comic strips, magazine covers and political cartoons
After witnessing the bloody struggle with Japan, Robert Sherrod thought the public should face the 'cruel' facts
1968: The Year That Shattered America
A short story reimagines the riots at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago and the chaos that shocked the world
1968: The Year That Shattered America
In the hamlet where U.S. troops killed hundreds of men, women and children, survivors are ready to forgive the most infamous American soldier of the war
From Truman onwards, the ability to order a nuclear strike has shaped the office
The nation is still reckoning with the changes that came in that fateful year
Doctors then, as now, overprescribed the painkiller to patients in need, and then, as now, government policy had a distinct bias
1968: The Year That Shattered America
At the site of Robert Kennedy's assassination, the kids at a Los Angeles public school keep his spirit alive
By feeding his visions for the future to a well-regarded contemporary, the prolific inventor offered a peek into his brilliant mind
Take a look at the featured articles from our special 1968 double issue
1968: The Year That Shattered America
In his final days, Martin Luther King Jr. stood by striking sanitation workers. We returned to the city to see what has changed—and what hasn’t
1968: The Year That Shattered America
Miss America pageant is under new leadership after a sexist email scandal. But the pageant has a long history of controversy—including the 1968 protests
The biggest show in Washington 150 years ago was the trial against the President of the United States
A Smithsonian historian reminds us how Graham, a Washington socialite-turned-publisher, transformed the paper into what it is today
In 1967, a bone-shattering spill at Caesars Palace spawned a career in self-endangerment
His path to fame and notoriety began by exploiting an enslaved woman, in life and in death, as entertainment for the masses
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