This Week in History – ‘Bonus Army’ Demands Pay From Washington During Great Depression
On July 28, 1932, WWI veterans hit by the Depression stormed Washington to collect bonuses promised to them after Congress delayed their disbursement
Online Exclusive: Margaret Chase Smith Stands Up to Bully Joe McCarthy
Dignified and diminutive Maine Republican disliked communism—but liked 'Tail Gunner Joe's' way of fighting it even less
This Week in History – Jesse Owens Sets Records, Annihilates Nazi Competition at the 1936 Olympics
In Berlin, on August 1, 1936, track star Jesse Owens won a record-breaking four Olympic gold medals, knocking down Hitler's dreams of Aryan victory
This Week in History – 1981 IBM Introduces its First PC
On August 12, 1981, IBM revealed its first personal computer, forever changing access to technology in everyday households
How the Pecan Strike Cracked San Antonio’s Power Structure
Mexican-Americans' brave stand against city politicians, the Catholic Church, and the police changed labor history
Audiobook Review | Nikola Tesla: The Father of Modern Technology
Richard Munson recounts the life of this idiosyncratic genius inventor whose pioneering work transformed the twentieth century.
Online Exclusive: The Pilgrim Story Is Mostly Stuffing
One of the main crops at Plimoth Plantation was historical fiction
Census Czar Herman Hollerith’s Trials and Tabulations
Self-taught tinkerer used punch-card machine that created textile patterns to create an early computer
China’s Lost Women in the Far West
Chinese women in the American West often worked as slaves or prostitutes and rarely got a square deal from either men or the law
Audiobook Review | How America’s Most Favorite Sandwich Got Its Start
A history of the hamburger—its conception, its various incarnations and how it transformed the American dining experience
Ardent but Unorthodox Mohawk Woman Became America’s First Native Saint
Kateri Tekakwitha shunned marriage and expressed her faith with mortification
Trolleys’ Time: When Streetcars Were Desired
Before commuter rail lines, interurban trolleys electrically connected cities, small towns, and even amusement parks
Selling Scandalous Sex as Sober Cinema
Howard W. "Kroger" Babb made a bundle hawking a movie melodrama about a girl who gets in trouble
Online Exclusive: Morgan’s Tactical Magic Smashes British Charge at Cowpens
On terrain that favored his rifleman, rough-hewn American general routed overconfident British regulars
Want to Be President? Pretend You’re a Regular Sort
Then, as now, politicians pounced on rich rivals. Most candidates pretended to be self-made
Howls of ‘Socialism!’ Killed Truman Health Insurance
Republicans and medical industry groups used Red Scare tactics to defeat early version of Medicare-for-All
