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September 2017

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America’s longest-orbiting astronaut describes his rocky return to Earth in this adaptation from his book 'Endurance'

Overlooked by historians, Benjamin Lay was one of the nation's first radicals to argue for an end to slavery

The full story of the American ex-pat's daring feats has not been told—until now

One-hundred-fifty years later, the Maryland town remains a bastion of resilience and a front line in the battle over Confederate monuments

Natalie Hopkinson, Photographs by Gabriella Demczuk

A stunning new theory suggests that a debate over the failed treatment of their son's smallpox was the culprit

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Women of the Roaring Twenties had a lot in common with today's millennials

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Decades later, Jean-Michel Basquiat’s complex works are increasingly prescient—and valuable

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The Fonz was the epitome of ’50s chill on TV’s family-friendly “Happy Days.” And then he went over the top

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She may not own a television, but the Grammy-award winning musician definitely has her favorite books and films

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In an indelible picture taken 50 years ago, one family faces a loss in Vietnam

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