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The publication gave rise to a new community of environmental thinkers, where hippies and technophiles found common ground
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A new Library of Congress exhibition includes such treasures as the original 1857 “Magna Carta of Baseball”
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The Dillingham Commission conducted one of the most extensive investigations on immigration to the U.S. But in the end, bias hijacked its recommendations
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Funded by the U.S. government, Franklin Publications was viewed as pushing imperialist propaganda
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When it was founded, the Socialist Party of America proclaimed itself as the champion of women's rights. The reality was much more complicated
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A new exhibit timed to the city's tricentennial explores The Big Easy's diverse and sometimes troubled past
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As World War II ended, Europe’s Jews began the process of rebuilding their lives and families. But few places were like St. Ottilien
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Meghan Markle was an up-and-coming actress when she met and fell in love with Britain's Prince Harry
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Founded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the games offer intellectually disabled athletes the chance to dazzle an international audience
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From pie-throwing to shouting down public figures, these groups disturbed the establishment to effect change
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In 230 BC, the armies of the powerful Qin Shi Huang looked set to conquer all before them. But one neighboring kingdom, Yan, had other ideas
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China's young emperor, Qin Shi Huang, faced a serious threat to his reign in 238 BC. At the heart of it was his mother, Queen Zhao, and her ambitious lover
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From getting sucked into a fighter jet engine to a misjudged landing by an approaching jet fighter, an active flight deck is a minefield of danger
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These transformative practices—and the cooperation they require—are a cornerstone of societies the world over
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Alcatraz has gone from a 'place of evil spirits' in native American lore, to a military prison, to a federal lockup
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In the 1880s, Frances Ellen Work, a free-spirited American heiress married James Roche, an Irish baron
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Street performers disguised as Giants and Big Heads blend reverence with ribaldry at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival
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They may not have been hosting a cookout, but they did know how to imbibe and celebrate
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From 'rusty rattletraps' to 'big black jacked-up' rides, the vehicles symbolize blue-collar identity while flaunting bourgeois prosperity
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1968: The Year That Shattered America
Headlines from <em>The New York Times</em> reveal how the nation and the world commemorated Independence Day in what had already been a tumultuous year
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