In 1939, 20,000 Americans rallied in New York’s Madison Square Garden to celebrate the rise of Nazism Article 1561 words 16 votes
How the US has hidden its empire: The United States likes to think of itself as a republic, but it holds territories all over the world – the map you always see doesn’t tell the whole story. Article 3234 words 12 votes
Seeking Utopia in Louisiana - The lost story of a group of socialists who built an extraordinary, but flawed, colony Article 3326 words 9 votes
Death and valor on a warship doomed by its own Navy - An investigation into the crash of the USS Fitzgerald Article 6 votes
Black mecca or most unequal US city: Will the real Atlanta please stand up? Article 1514 words, published Oct 22 2018 7 votes
In the 19th century, American theatres provided the stage for a war between high and low culture, the elite and ‘Know-Nothings’ – and Britain and the US. In 1849, events turned bloody. Article 1933 words 6 votes
Children of Ted - Two decades after his last deadly act of ecoterrorism, the Unabomber has become an unlikely prophet to a new generation of acolytes Article 667 words, published Dec 11 2018 9 votes
Mystery blast sank the USS San Diego in 1918. New report reveals what happened Article 608 words 8 votes
A brief history of US dirty wars in Central America that set the stage for the refugee crisis Video 9:24, published Dec 2 2018 4 votes
The Confederacy was built on slavery. How can so many southern whites still believe otherwise? Article 7325 words, published Nov 28 2018 20 votes
Who’s behind that beard? Historians are using facial recognition software to identify people in Civil War photographs Article 1195 words 8 votes
At 63, I threw away my prized portrait of Robert E. Lee Article 3501 words, published Oct 23 2018 9 votes
American Nazis in the 1930s—The German American Bund Article 168 words, published Jun 5 2017 10 votes
“I now know what it’s like to have A 110-story building come down on my head.” Article 3860 words 9 votes
1600s Native American fort is one of the most important Northeast finds Article 690 words, published Aug 29 2018 4 votes
Hunter S. Thompson in Chicago, 1968: The battle for the Democratic Party’s soul Article 1973 words 12 votes
Victoria Woodhull: The first American woman to run for President — 150 years ago Article 870 words, published Aug 15 2018 10 votes
After a year of rising tensions, protesters tear down Confederate statue on UNC campus Article 652 words 27 votes
The first Japanese man in America: A teenager shipwrecked on a Pacific atoll helped transform relations between Japan and the United States Link 5 votes
Basil Banghart, an incredibly interesting American criminal, burglar and prison escape artist Article 4 votes
Three myths most Americans believe (Japanese surrender in WW2, Cold War, nuclear bomb threat) Video 29:09, published May 22 2016 7 votes
Ninety-eight years of mail fraud - How the postal letter became a tool for ingenious criminality Article 2038 words 4 votes