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Report: Finnish SS volunteers likely killed Jews in WWII

Finland’s move contrasts with the attitude of some eastern European nations that have sought to diminish their culpability in the Holocaust.

The Iran Revolution at 40: From Theocracy to ‘Normality’

Forty years ago, Iranians swelled with pride, hope and the expectation of a better future.

Early Feminists Issued a Declaration of Independence. Where Is It Now?

A national search for the original, signed copy of the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions from the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention has raised awareness of a movement’s history.

How NYU and Food-Service Giant Aramark Stumbled Into a Black History Month PR Fiasco

Last February, a rather intense controversy erupted at New York University over the menu offered by one dining hall as part of a Black History Month celebration.

Before Jeff Bezos, Alexander Hamilton Outsmarted His Blackmailers with the Reynolds Pamphlet

In 1797, he published scandalous details about his own affair.

A Sparkling Shrine to a Reviled Russian Leader

The torrents of scorn poured on Mr. Yeltsin and his era by the Kremlin’s cheerleaders have given the complex an edgy appeal, helping it attract more than 700,000 visitors since it opened three winters ago.

Lise Meitner – the forgotten woman of nuclear physics who deserved a Nobel Prize

by Timothy J. Jorgensen

Lise Meitner was left off the publication that eventually led to a Nobel Prize for her colleague.

The Gay History of America’s Classic Children’s Books

From “Frog and Toad” to “Where the Wild Things Are,” many of the most enduring 20th-century titles share a secret language of queer compassion.

A Complicated Racial History Underpins Politics In Virginia

The controversies rocking Richmond are a reminder of the complicated racial history that underpins Virginia politics.

Silencing Black Women in the White Courtroom

by Denise Lynn

Ruby McCollum’s case is part of the long history of the carceral state’s heavy-handed and unjust policing of Black women.

Virginia is the birthplace of American slavery and segregation — and it still can’t escape that legacy

Four hundred years after the first enslaved Africans were brought to the United States, the commonwealth reckons with the consequences of the system it created.

Holocaust survivors receive reparations for deportations on French trains

49 Holocaust survivors are receiving $402,000 each from the French government in reparations for the French trains that deported them to Nazi concentration camps.

A World War I Documentary Becomes ‘Event Cinema’

‘They Shall Not Grow Old’ breaks box-office records

Why the Seattle General Strike of 1919 should inspire a new generation of labor activists

by Steven C. Beda

Remembering the 1919 Seattle General Strike on its 100th anniversary.

Why did women in Congress wear white for Trump’s State of the Union address?

The choice has historical significance.

President Trump Used the State of the Union to Call for an End to Investigations. So Did Nixon

“I believe the time has come to bring that investigation and the other investigations of this matter to an end. One year of Watergate is enough!”

What a Hundred-Year-Old Department Store Can Tell Us About the Overlap of Retail, Religion and Politics

The legacy left behind by the Philadelphia-based retail chain Wanamaker’s is still felt by shoppers today  

George Washington’s first State of the Union address: Little pomp and no applause lines

It was very different from the speech President Trump delivered and the political spectacle the event has become.

At Checkpoint Charlie, Cold War History Confronts Crass Commercialism

GWU Professor Hope Harrison is quoted extensively in the piece. 

Egypt Unveils Dozens of Newly Discovered Mummies

Archaeologists in Egypt uncovered a tomb that consisted of a number of chambers that dated from 323 B.C. to 30 B.C. that were accessible through a corridor and sloping set of stairs.