Samuel Adams: Puritan. Patriot. Protestor.
Adams’s air in John Singleton Copley’s portrait suggests what it would have been like to have to face Adams in person.
How a 1948 Economic Downturn Nearly Ruined the Movie Industry
When Hollywood and its hoopla encountered a new set of hoops
The Mann Act: How a Law Meant to Help Women was Misused
An act meant to protect women wound up being a cudgel against common adulterers and men on the FBI's blacklist
American History Review: Gentlemanly Nathanael Greene’s Biggest Headache Was His Rude, Crude, and Successful Subordinate
Ungovernable guerrilla Thomas Sumter helped his straitlaced commander win the American Revolution in the South
American History Review: How the Colonists Beat Britain’s Best Generals
How an 'ill-armed peasantry' beat the daylights out of Clinton, Cornwallis, and a raft of professional soldiers
American History Review: Some Redcoats Turned Coats and Became Patriots
1770 street brawl polarized British soldiers who had melded with colonial community
American History Review: Muckraking Magazine Became a Reforming Juggernaut
Citizen Reporters: S.S. McClure, Ida Tarbell, and the Magazine that Rewrote America, by Stephanie Gorton
An Explosive Plan to Use Atoms for Peace
Project Plowshare imagined using nuclear weapons as infrastructure-building tools
Online Exclusive: Tammany Played Fair and Square With Colonists
The Lenape chief Tamanend was a trusted negotiator and brought peace to the Delaware Valley for 70 years
A Law Professor Named Ruth Bader Ginsburg Changed American Society Forever
Idaho mother's inconsequential lawsuit challenging gender discrimination forced a rewrite of the entire U.S. code.
Benny and the Bets
A small-town con artist and criminal becomes one of the West's richest and most revered characters
Fatal Airliner Collision Over the Grand Canyon
A tragic accident led to the creation of the modern air traffic control system and the FAA
This Daring F-16 Pilot Went on a Kamikaze Mission on 9/11
On September 11, 2001, Air Force pilot Heather "Lucky" Penney was asked to do the unthinkable
