WWII Figures
Conversation with Dick Cole, the Last of the Doolittle Raiders
A conversation with Dick Cole who copiloted the lead B-25 with Doolittle in the famous 1942 raid...
Americas
Audiobook Review| The Unexpected President: The Life and Times of Chester A. Arthur
When an assassin made him the 21st president, Arthur shockingly eschewed machine politics, instead embodying the best aspects of America’s highest office.
Civil War Figures
A Man Named Hazard Conquered Mount Rainier
Steely Civil War vet braved ice, altitude, and treachery to reach an unreachable summit
American Independence
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: America’s First Financial Crisis
A single rich investor's ruin led the infant United States economy into a terrible tizzy
World War I
When Influenza Truly Went Viral
The 1918-19 flu pandemic killed 10s of millions, and scientists still are looking for a cure
Civil Rights
Birthright Citizenship: Who Gets to Be an American
From Dred Scott to anchor babies, 'Born in the USA' has caused hot debate
Civil War Figures
Audiobook Review| Fly Girls by Keith O’Brien
Amelia Earhart, Ruth Nichols, Louise Thaden, Ruth Elder, and Florence Klingensmith made aviation history a decade after the 19th Amendment lifted American women from second-class citizenship.
American History
White Captives, Tribal Comrades
Many Indian kidnap victims found they liked their new lives
Mag: American History Featured
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: The Original Broadway Parade
A sunny day, the Constitution ratified, rivers of ale, and marching societies--the only thing missing was ticker tape
Mag: American History Hero
Thunder on the Left: Socialist Victor Berger
Wisconsin congressman was the reform movement's most successful pol
Civil War Figures
Audiobook Review| Lincoln’s Last Trial: The Murder Case that Propelled Him to the Presidency
A look into a stenographer's trial transcript, capturing how Abraham Lincoln’s sharp wit and folksy manner saved a client from the noose.
Korean War Figures
Jesse L. Brown: The U.S. Navy’s First Black Aviator
The son of a sharecropper, Mississippi-born Jesse Leeroy Brown would do whatever it took to become a pilot and break the navy's color barrier
World War I
Jane Addams, Secular Saint, Scorned During WWI
Progressive heroine's reputation suffered when she tried to sell pacifism as patriotism
Mag: American History Featured
America’s Bonaparte Had His Own Code–Reform
Emperor's grandnephew campaigned for good government and civil rights
Civil War Figures
Soldiers Hump the Southwest—with Camels
The antebellum army experimented in traveling with the four-legged ships of the desert
