John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Newly declassified documents reveal how Israel operated under the noses of U.S. inspectors.

Dinner parties in the capital have long been a path to power, but Perle Mesta had her eye on a different prize.

Jimmy Carter, skeptical of NASA's shuttle, saved it with funding despite delays and opposition. His Voyager message carries hope deep into space.

The Bob Dylan film forefronts a conflict between acoustic and electric music, while ignoring how the Vietnam War divided folk musicians.

Susie Orbach’s 1978 book is a fascinating snapshot of diet and physical culture in a very different era.

Political campaigns have often misunderstood Latino voters, oversimplifying their diversity and facing challenges in outreach and engagement.

A conversation with historian Zachary Schrag and his father Philip Schrag about their multi-generational encounters with nuclear threats.

It radically shifted the way the world looked at the environment, but created a wave of misinformation we’re still dealing with today.

Caught between steel mills, suburbs and a hard place, the 15,000-acre site is a fantasia of biodiversity—and a case study for hard-fought conservation.

Biden’s withdrawal won’t solve all of Democrats’ problems — but it gives them a chance.

What would-be killers of the US commander in chief have in common is that they aren’t fervent ideologues; they’re outcasts.

Before last weekend’s attack on Donald Trump, would-be assassins targeted Ronald Reagan, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and seven other presidents or candidates.

The sport's greatest figures played ball in the Deep South amid the racism and bigotry that would later make Birmingham the center of the civil rights movement.

Éamon de Valera was accused of attempting an armed uprising against the government. Then he made a daring jailbreak, and later became president of Ireland.

In Beth Linker’s new book, she applies a disability studies lens to the history of posture.

Pope Francis is the only world leader who seems prepared to denounce war.

As the first Native American Cabinet member, the Secretary of the Interior has made it part of her job to address the travesties of the past.

The US today has extraordinary levels of gun ownership. But to see this as a venerable tradition is to misread history.

Over the course of U.S. history, presidential rematches have signaled momentous political upheavals.

Three US presidents from the South’s borders—Truman, Eisenhower, and Johnson—worked against Southern politicians to support civil and voting rights.