Jackie Mansky

 

Jacqueline Mansky is a freelance writer and editor living in Los Angeles. She was previously the assistant web editor, humanities, for Smithsonian magazine.

Miklós Horthy at the annexation of south-east Czechoslovakia, Kassa (present-day Košice), 11 November 1938

Why It Matters That Hungary's Prime Minister Denounced His Country’s Role in the Holocaust

Is this tonal shift for real -- or will the European nation continue to obfuscate its history?

Demetrius Shipp Jr. as Tupac Shakur in All Eyez On Me.

The Musical Legacy Behind the Tupac Biopic 'All Eyez on Me'

Curator Dwandalyn Reece from the Smithsonian’s African American Museum investigates

Mobster Frank Costello testifying before the Kefauver Committee.

How Watching Congressional Hearings Became an American Pastime

Decades before Watergate, mobsters helped turn hearings into must-see television

Joseph Goebbels viewing the 1937 Degenerate Art Exhibition.

Why It’s So Hard to Find the Original Owners of Nazi-Looted Art

International experts recently gathered at Smithsonian to discuss the state of international provenance research

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing a bill that gave J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI enormous power, in 1934. The bureau has been heavily involved in politics since its origin.

Has the FBI Ever Been Divorced From Politics?

From its earliest days, Congress feared it would act as a “secret federal police”

What Does Thoreau's Walden Pond Look Like Today?

Photographer S.B. Walker captures the pond's eternal glow

Elisabeth Moss dons the iconic red robe and white bonnet of the handmaid for the new series debuting April 26.

The U.S. Is Too Ornery for Totalitarianism, According to Margaret Atwood

The author of <i>The Handmaid's Tale</i> discusses the continued impact of the bleak 1985 novel, now being adapted into a series on Hulu

A Photographer Captures Papier-Mâché and Politics on Parade in Haiti's Jacmel

Michael Magers photographs high art and cutting cultural critiques during the annual Kanaval celebration

Henry Peter Bosse Construction of Rock and Brush Dam, L.W., 1891 cyanotype

Photographs of America’s Eastern Treasures Finally Have Their Moment in the Limelight

A neglected period of American photographic history goes on display at the National Gallery of Art

President Trump talks to Smithsonian Secretary David Skorton in front of the "Paradox of Liberty" exhibit.

President Trump Visits the African American History Museum

Museum director Lonnie Bunch and Smithsonian Secretary David Skorton led the president and his entourage on a tour of the new museum

Abraham Lincoln photographed shortly after the presidential election in November 1860, by Alex Hesler of Chicago, at Lincoln's home in Springfield, Illinois.

When Lincoln Was More a Politician Than an "Honest Abe"

He resorted to a dirty trick to embarrass a rival

Stunning, Surreal Concepts Cast a Spell on the Fairy Tales Architecture Competition

Ukrainian architect Mykhailo Ponomarenko came in first this year for his sci-fi meditation "Last Day"

Félicitations, Team USA!

America Just Won the Olympics of Cooking You Probably Haven't Heard Of

It's the first time the USA has been awarded gold

The legendary Mary Tyler Moore

Remembering Mary Tyler Moore and Her Groundbreaking Sitcom That Almost Wasn't

The iconic entertainer died today. She was 80 years old

What Happens to President Obama's Papers and Artifacts Once He Leaves Office?

From Cuban cigars to a 7,000-page torture report

Carl Laemmle in 1918

This Hollywood Titan Foresaw the Horrors of Nazi Germany

Carl Laemmle, the founder of Universal Pictures, wrote hundreds of affidavits to help refugees escape Europe

Marsh Ponds; Mavilette, Nova Scotia, 2014

A Photographer Captures Emptiness and Longing in Longfellow's Nova Scotia

Photographer Mark Marchesi spent four years tracing images from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's epic poem, "Evangeline"

Morbid Anatomy Museum Closes Its Doors

But the museum that delights in the dead will have an afterlife

The Oldest Structure on the National Mall Is on the Move

But don't worry, it's only going about 30 feet away

The Town That Polar Bears Built

Get to know the four-legged residents of Churchill, Canada

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