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CIA Reveals Name of Former Spy in JFK Files—And He's Still Alive

Richard Gibson, an African American expat, was friends with Richard Wright.

Researchers Uncover Two Hidden Pages in Anne Frank’s Diary

Anne Frank tried to cover up two pages of writing in her diary that contained dirty jokes and a description of what she referred to as “sexual matters,” pasting brown paper over the pages in her red-and-white plaid notebook.

Why history drives China's tough stance on global trade

Still on Chinese people's minds is the period when China was forced to open up to trading with Western countries.

How the Idea of Return Has Shaped the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict for 70 Years

Both Jewish nationalism and Palestinian nationalism came to be defined by the idea of return.

Medical Mystery: Something Happened to U.S. Health Spending After 1980

The spending began soaring beyond that of other advanced nations, but without the same benefits in life expectancy.

‘This Is Not a Drill’: The Growing Threat of Nuclear Annihilation

As more nations seek the bomb, and as the United States and Russia expand their nuclear arsenals, veterans of the Cold War say the public is too complacent about the risk of nuclear catastrophe.

To understand Putin, you must understand Russian history

The calamities of the Soviet collapse planted Mr. Putin’s single-minded aim to position Russia as “a strong and sovereign nation” — terms in which he describes Alexander’s Russia in the 1880s.

WaPo Headline: Donald Trump may be the best thing that ever happened to George W. Bush

This newfound appreciation may have less to do with history and more to do with political beer goggles: It’s 2 a.m. in the nation’s capital, and suddenly every past president looks good.

Remains of ancient horse discovered at Pompeii

For the first time ever, archaeologists have been able to cast the complete figure of a horse that perished in the volcanic eruption at Pompeii.

How John Kelly’s family history compares with the immigrants he wants to keep from entering

According to her research, seven of Kelly’s eight great-grandparents were immigrants. Four immigrated from Italy, three from Ireland.

Women Were Pioneers of Flight

So why aren’t any airports named for them?

Artificial intelligence has been used to recreate JFK's Dallas speech that he never gave

Is technology bringing history to life or distorting it?

A River of Pictures of the Dead From Russia’s Sacred War

“The idea is that we walk with pictures of our relatives,” said Pavel Mramornov, 11, holding a portrait of his great-great-grandfather, who died in 1944. “We carry our relatives in our hearts.”

Trump Signs Holocaust Property Law That Has Angered Poland

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an act that Jewish groups praise as helpful in their efforts to reclaim lost property in Poland but which the Polish government says is discriminatory.

Gina Haspel Says C.I.A. ‘Historically’ Has Not Interrogated Subjects. History Shows Otherwise.

Fact check.

Petition started to remove 'offensive' Merchandise Mart mural of African-American women picking cotton

The petition reads, in part: "Concerns have grown about a mural that displays black post slavery ancestors picking cotton on a Mississippi plantation. We feel that this mural is very offensive, and does not represent a part of history that we are proud of."

Wolves, Bulls, Ravens: The Boy Scout movement’s unlikely start and intrepid founder

The Boy Scout movement began 110 years ago on a tiny island just off the southern coast of England, where Robert Baden-Powell, a legendary cavalry officer with eyes “as keen as the hawk’s,” as one historian put it, took 22 inquisitive boys to scamper in the woods he had explored as a child.

Emmanuel Macron and echoes of May 1968

by Elizabeth Benjamin

Instead of celebrating the occasion, the French president appears to be inadvertently recreating it.

The Tense History of U.S.-Iran Sanctions, from the Hostage Crisis to the Nuclear Deal

The U.S. has long wielded money as a weapon in a shadow war that’s been raging since 1979. Here’s how sanctions went from punitive measure to status quo.

A Relative Wages Jack Johnson’s Biggest Fight: To Clear His Name

Linda Haywood, the great great niece of the boxer Jack Johnson, who in 1908 became the first African-American heavyweight champion, has tried to clear his name from a racially charged conviction, long before President Trump tweeted about it.