Firebombers! Flying on the Edge to Fight Fires
As last fall’s California wildfires demonstrated, the demand for aerial firefighters and the dangers they face have never been greater.
The Secret Art Bunker of Nuremberg
By the time war broke out in 1939, Nazi officials had already developed a detailed plan for a network of tunnels to smuggle and hide valuable artwork.
Bringing Auschwitz Inmates’ Music Back to Life
Prisoners played joyous arrangements in harrowing circumstances.
Disaster in D.C.: The Curse of Ford’s Theatre
Almost 30 years after Lincoln assassination, another catastrophe strikes playhouse building
How the Civil War was Boom Time for the News Business
Changes in technology and lust for battle information led to the birth of modern American journalism.
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: America’s First Financial Crisis
A single rich investor's ruin led the infant United States economy into a terrible tizzy
A ‘Once in a Lifetime’ Discovery
A dusty attic chamber and dogged research yielded a remarkable relic—the long-lost sword carried by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw.
Classic Dispatches | Highway to Hell
Michael Kelly went to war, as a journalist, on his own terms
Hidden Heroes: News on the Run J.R. McClanahan and ‘The Moving Appeal’
America’s history has been frequently marked by contentious relations between the government and the press.
Tet in the News
In their coverage of the 1968 Tet Offensive, did journalists distort the truth rather than tell it? Look at what they said and wrote
