Cold War
The True Story of Brainwashing and How It Shaped America
Fears of Communism during the Cold War spurred psychological research, pop culture hits, and unethical experiments in the CIA
The US Declared “Loyalty Day” in the 1950s to Erase Worker Protest
Under Eisenhower during the Cold War, "Loyalty Day" was declared to paper over International Workers' Day
Germany Will Research Stasi Art Seizures
The Nazis weren’t the only group that looted German treasures
This Mysterious Albanian Island Is Reopening to Tourists This Summer
A former military base during the Cold War, this island is covered with abandoned bunkers and tunnels
What We Know About the CIA's Midcentury Mind-Control Project
Project MKUltra began on this day in 1953 and continued for years
The First Manned Space Flight Was the Rocket Designer’s Victory as Much as Yuri Gagarin’s
Sergei Korolev designed the entire Soviet rocket program. But nobody knew his name until after he died
How a KGB Spy Defected and Became a U.S. Citizen
Jack Barsky wanted to stay in the country, so he let the Soviets think he was dead
Watch Declassified Nuclear Bomb Tests Online
Weapons physicist Greg Sprigg has spent five years declassifying, digitizing and reanalyzing film of the U.S.'s 210 open air nuclear detonations
The World’s First Solar-Powered Satellite is Still Up There After More Than 60 Years
This tiny grapefruit-sized satellite will still be up there well into the 2100s if we don’t take it down
This Virginia Winery Once Housed One of WWII's Most Important Spy Stations
Speakeasies are so 2012—this place has actual secrets
Happy(?) Birthday to the Father of the Nuclear Navy
Hyman G. Rickover pushed to nuclearize the Navy's submarines, but admitted he’d rather ‘sink them all’ to protect humanity
Remembering Paul Robeson, Actor, Sportsman and Leader
Among other things, Robeson transformed one of history’s most famous showtunes into a protest song
In 1957, The U.S. Flew a Jet Around the World to Prove it Could Drop a Nuclear Bomb Anywhere
The B-52 bomber that made the flight was part of a new bomber class that was still proving its worth
The Student and the Spy: How One Man’s Life Was Changed by the Cambridge Five
An unlikely friendship with Guy Burgess, the infamous British double-agent, brought unexpected joy to Stanley Weiss
We Can Thank Harry Truman for TV Politics
Truman was the first president to regularly appear on television
How Adlai Stevenson Stopped Russian Interference in the 1960 Election
The Soviets offered the former presidential candidate propaganda support if he ran in 1960, an offer he politely declined
The Genocide the U.S. Can't Remember, But Bangladesh Can't Forget
Millions were killed in what was then known as East Pakistan, but Cold War geopolitics left defenseless Muslims vulnerable
Why the U.S. Government Brought Nazi Scientists to America After World War II
As the war came to a close, the U.S. government was itching to get ahold of the German wartime technology
See the Cold War-Era Trains Berlin Is Bringing Back Into Service
The “Dora” is returning to the tracks of the U-Bahn
Diver Found Possible Inactive 1950 Nuke Off the Coast of British Columbia
The purported bomb was discovered by a man searching for sea cucumbers
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