How disappearance became a global weapon of psychological control, fifty years on from Chile’s US-backed coup Article 3242 words 21 votes
Boatlift - The spontaneous evacuation of lower Manhatten on 9 11 2001 - narrated by Tom Hanks Video 11:57, published Sep 7 2011 7 votes
The enduring friendship between Ireland and the Choctaw Nation: One act of generosity during the Great Famine forged a bond that transcends generations Article 3541 words 20 votes
A wrong turn in fog off the California coast led to the largest peacetime disaster in American naval history Article 12 124 words, published Aug 22 2023 8 votes
American Stories: A large-scale structured text dataset of historical US newspapers Article published Aug 2 2023 16 votes
Moe Berg was a US baseball player-turned-spy who went undercover to assassinate the Nazis’ top nuclear scientist Article 2166 words 21 votes
Huey P. Newton, the misunderstood visionary behind the Black Panther Party Article 5773 words 9 votes
Escaping East Germany in a DIY aircraft wasn’t enough for Ivo Zdarsky, so he invented his own way of life in a Utah desert ghost town Article 7147 words 15 votes
Israeli proposal to move early Christian mosaic to US Museum of the Bible sparks controversy Article 1260 words 17 votes
The history of the Comstock Act, the 150 year old law conservatives in the US are banking on to ban abortion Article 1649 words 31 votes
Hunting for the Lizard People: On the dangerous conspiracy theories that led to the Nashville bombing Article 3030 words, published Jul 20 2023 10 votes
Strongly influenced by Quakers 175 years ago, the Seneca Falls Convention kicked off the fight for women’s suffrage in the USA Article 1228 words 15 votes
The Battle of Fishkill: When Domenic Broccoli set out to expand his restaurant empire in upstate New York, he didn’t expect to find a grave site — or start a war Article 6174 words 6 votes
Well before the first climbing frame was patented as "jungle gym", mathematician Charles Hinton thought they might be able to teach kids four-dimensional thinking Video 3:43 15 votes
90th birthday interview, with transcript, of Daniel Ellsberg: recently deceased leaker and whistleblower re the Vietnam War Article 2613 words 8 votes
Globetrotting Black nutritionist Flemmie P. Kittrell revolutionized early childhood education and illuminated ‘hidden hunger’ Article 1453 words 2 votes
US pilot shot down four Soviet MiGs in thirty minutes – and kept it a secret for fifty years Article 1508 words 8 votes
Did Vikings find their way to a remote part of Oklahoma? Some in a small community believe so, thanks to controversial runic carvings found in the area. Article 1587 words 13 votes
Minneapolis church still holds services in Norwegian – congregation was founded in 1922 at the tail end of a decades-long migration of Norwegians to Minnesota Article 594 words 6 votes