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Berlin Didn’t Want a Reagan Statue—but It’s Getting One Anyway

Seven-foot replica of former president to be inaugurated at U.S. Embassy, overlooking site of Berlin Wall

Live through incredible Berlin Wall escape stories with YouTube's VR history project

The experimental film bridges the generational gap, transforming powerful archival photographs into immersive 360-degree virtual snapshots in time. 

How Codebreakers Helped Secure U.S. Victory in the Battle of Midway

Advance intelligence helped the Allies turn the tables on Japan in this crucial World War II naval battle.

The Equal Rights Amendment May Pass Now. It’s Only Been 96 Years.

Virginia, soon to be under Democratic control, will likely be the 38th state to ratify the amendment. The Supreme Court could decide what happens next.

Mormons in Mexico: A brief history of polygamy, cartel violence and faith

by Rebecca Janzen

Along with the Romneys – relatives of Sen. Mitt Romney, whose father was born in Mexico – the LeBarons are among the most storied families in Mormon history.

Antigua Demands Harvard Pay Reparations for Benefiting From Slavery

The labor of enslaved people paid for the founding of Harvard Law School, Antigua’s prime minister reminded the college’s president.

How Historians Rate Presidents

Historians have for decades weighed presidents' virtues and accomplishments in a bid to determine the best and worst of the bunch.

Teenage Rescuer, Now 92, Meets Family She Saved From Nazis

Melpomeni Dina was reunited with the two surviving members and 40 descendants of the Jewish family she and her sisters helped escape occupied Greece during World War II.

National Security Archive, SHAFR, and CREW Sue Pompeo, State Department over Failure to Create Records

by Lauren Harper and Tom Blanton

Evidence from the House’s impeachment inquiry, including from Ambassador William Taylor, the chargé d'affaires for Ukraine under the Trump administration, and from former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, all speak to a pattern and practice of bypassing official record-keeping procedures at the State Department.

U.S. Navy Destroyer Sunk in World War II Is Found 20,000 Feet Under the Sea

Researchers say they believe the debris field off the Philippines is from the U.S.S. Johnston DD-557, which played a pivotal role in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

November is Native American Heritage Month. Critics say Trump is subverting it with a new celebration of the Founding Fathers.

Last week, President Trump declared November as “National American History and Founders Month,” a celebration of the country’s “dedication to promoting liberty and justice.”

When America Tried to Deport Its Radicals

by Adam Hochschild

A hundred years ago, the Palmer Raids imperilled thousands of immigrants. Then a wily official got in the way.

White supremacists gathered at Emmett Till’s bulletproof memorial to shoot a video

White supremacists visited Emmett Till's memorial causing dismay to many.  

The Tortuous History of Trying to Measure Pain

Early researchers used horse hairs and burning machines to try to quantify people’s physical suffering.

The Massacre That Spawned the Alt-Right

by Shaun Assael and Peter Keating

Forty years ago, a gang of Klansmen and Nazis murdered five communists in broad daylight. America has never been the same

New research sheds light on largest-ever Anglo-Saxon treasure hoard

The impressive find is now thought to include artifacts captured from kingdoms in East Anglia and Northumbria -- something researchers say "offers vivid confirmation of the widespread and brutal events" between warring English kingdoms, which have been described in near-contemporary sources from the period.

'History should not be airbrushed', historians complain as Wolverhampton's role in record-breaking balloon flight left out of Aeronauts film

by Sophie Barnes

The Aeronauts film has come under fire by a historian who has warned history should not be “airbrushed” after Wolverhampton’s role in a record-breaking balloon flight was left out of the film.

Iran Student Leader Says He Regrets 1979 US Embassy Attack

by Jon Gambrell

Upon the 40th anniversary of the 1979 US embassy attack, Ebrahim Asgharzadeh acknowledged that the repercussions of the crisis still reverberate as tensions remain high between the U.S. and Iran.

Mississippi governor’s race taking place under Jim Crow-era rules after judge refuses to block them

by Gideon Cohn-Postar

A federal judge ruled on Nov. 1 that he would not stop Mississippi voters from electing a governor on Tuesday under an old, Jim Crow-era election law that a civil rights lawsuit argues perpetuates “white supremacy” and violates the principle of “one-person, one-vote.”

244-Year-Old Rifle Stolen Decades Ago Is Returned to Museum

The Johann Christian Oerter rifle, taken from Valley Forge State Park in 1971, will go on display at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia.