Interview with Edward L. Ayers, Civil War Historian
Ayers argues that America should acknowledge the importance of emancipation with a national holiday.
Death Stalks the Capital
A deadly epidemic in Philadelphia shut down the nation’s business and taught Americans an important lesson: Good health is good policy
Typhoid Mary: ‘The Most Dangerous Woman in America’
How Mary Mallon, an asymptomatic carrier of typhoid, became one of the most dangerous women in America
An Alaskan Village Holds the Key to Understanding the 1918 Spanish Flu
In August 1997, a scientist named Johan Hultin from San Francisco traveled to Brevig Mission and, with permission of the town’s elders, excavated the local cemetery to try and unearth a victim of the outbreak buried deep within the frozen tundra.
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Russia Got Into Its Own “Folly” in Alaska
A battle at Sitka in 1804 began the vast northwest territory's tilt into American hands
Audiobook Review – Reagan: An American Journey
Plumbing the well of the 40th president’s relationships, author Bob Spitz explains the Great Communicator’s life though the people he encountered.
Audiobook Review – The Moralist: Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made
Patricia O’Toole compellingly explains how a moralizing outlook drove Woodrow Wilson’s presidency, from WWI to handling domestic politics.
