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What Geology Has to Say About Building a 1,000-Mile Border Wall
Compared to erecting a marble palace or high-steepled church, a wall may seem relatively straightforward—it isn’t
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The Long Shadow of the 1976 Swine Flu Vaccine ‘Fiasco’
Some, but not all, of the hesitance to embrace vaccines can be traced back to this event more than 40 years ago
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Canadian Scientists Explain Exactly How Their Government Silenced Science
It wasn’t just climate research. Rock snot, sharks and polar bears: All were off-limits during the Harper administration
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How the 19th-Century Know Nothing Party Reshaped American Politics
From xenophobia to conspiracy theories, the Know Nothing party launched a nativist movement whose effects are still felt today
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New Exhibition Highlights Art Inspired by Standing Rock
Art as a lens to understand the protest
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The Parking Garage Where Deep Throat Spilled the Beans on Watergate Is Being Torn Down
Demolition is scheduled for early this year
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New York State Once Introduced an Anti-Flirting Bill
The law aimed to crack down on public displays of affection of all kinds
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New Study Confirms There Was No Global Warming Hiatus
An independent evaluation of NOAA’s disputed data further supports the steady upward march of temperatures
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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
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People Mailed Dimes ‘By The Truck Load’ to FDR’s White House to Cure Polio
He was America’s first and only president with a visible—and known—disability
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Notes Indicate Nixon Interfered With 1968 Peace Talks
Documents from aide seem to confirm long-time speculation that Nixon tried to scuttle a Vietnam peace deal to help his presidential campaign
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Why There’s A 30-Foot Menorah on the National Mall
The tradition of the National Menorah was begun under President Jimmy Carter in 1979
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New Yorkers’ Post-Election Post-its Will Be Preserved
Subway Therapy captured a city’s outpouring of emotion. Now, the notes New Yorkers left behind will be archived
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Presidents Can Be Impeached Because Benjamin Franklin Thought It Was Better Than Assassination
The founding fathers struggled with the idea of whether the top leader should be impeachable
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Dutch Court Rules Crimean Artifacts on Loan Will Return to Ukraine
Following Russia’s annexation of the Crimean peninsula, Ukraine’s government asked that the artifacts be returned to Kiev
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The CIA Is Celebrating Its Cartography Division’s 75th Anniversary by Sharing Declassified Maps
Decades of once-secret maps are now freely available online
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How Journalists Covered the Rise of Mussolini and Hitler
Reports on the rise of fascism in Europe were not the American media’s finest hour
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Historic Photos of Baltimore Show the Real-Life “Hairspray”
Hairspray Live! fans, learn the history behind the beloved story
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The Electoral College Has Been Divisive Since Day One
It has always had the potential for chaos—one that hasn’t been tapped…yet
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