In June 1944, the veteran journalist hid on a hospital ship so she could report firsthand as Allied soldiers fought their way onto the beaches of Normandy
A food history writer and an influential podcast host tell us how our thinking about health and body weight has—and hasn’t—evolved ever since Dr. Lulu Hunt Peters took the nation by storm
The 1924 Indian Citizenship Act sought to assimilate Native people into white society. But the legislation, signed by President Calvin Coolidge, fell short
The saga of People's Grocery stands as a powerful reminder of the centrality of Black radicalism to the food justice movement
A century ago, two Chicago teenagers killed an acquaintance named Bobby Franks for the thrill of it. The case captivated the nation and continues to fascinate the public today
Before he helped launch a revolution, Benjamin Franklin was colonial America’s leading editor and printer of novels, almanacs, soap wrappers, and everything in between
The new show serves as an entertaining history lesson, but even that has its creative limits
A new course at University of Hawaii at Manoa rethinks historic preservation, having enrollees design digital twins of notable structures so that people can experience them virtually
Class, nativism and gender stereotypes all played a role in Borden's acquittal for the 1892 killings of her father and stepmother
Enemy soldiers overlooked Josefina "Joey" Guerrero due to her condition. Later, her heroic actions on behalf of the Allies were largely forgotten
Take in the remarkable tale of the fake attorney best known as L.A. Harris, whose scams put him in trouble with the law in jurisdictions nationwide
The eccentric inventor's dream of a wireless-transmission tower would prove to be his undoing
A second-generation immigrant, Hazel Ying Lee was the first Chinese American woman to receive her pilot's license
Untold Stories of American History
A group of Union men from Ohio held a makeshift Seder in the western Virginia woods in 1862
A new limited series starring Michael Douglas as Benjamin Franklin revisits the founding father's years as the American ambassador to France
In 1942, young Calvin Graham was decorated for valor in battle, before his worried mother learned of his whereabouts and revealed his secret to the Navy
Untold Stories of American History
The people of White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, helped keep the Greenbrier resort's bunker—designed to hold the entirety of Congress—hidden from 1958 to 1992
Untold Stories of American History
In 1780, astronomer Samuel Williams journeyed to British-controlled territory to view a total solar eclipse
Books were rare and expensive in colonial America, but the founding father had an idea
The untold story of the Wide Awakes, the young Americans who took up the torch for their antislavery cause and stirred the nation
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