history

See how diet culture as we know it formed.

How a 1970s cult became a blueprint for problematic “tough love” rehabs.

“We are living in another time of testing," says historian and author Heather Cox Richardson.

A closer look at the story of the Lalaurie mansion reveals a lot about systemic racism and what drives it: power.

The National Archives breaks down the story of the new film and the history of the Osage Nation.

Ben Tumin and Anne Blue Wills discuss the story of how one magazine editor created the annual celebration.

Rebekah Harkness's life has been immortalized for generations of music fans

“Erased: The Murder of Elma Sands,” tells the story of the first recorded murder trial in US history.

"I wish that there were other people who could do it with me. So there is that pressure. But it's also a gift."

World War I had a lot to do with it.

Hundreds of prisoners at the Treblinka death camp rose up against their captors.

Here’s some of the history that the Barbie movie left out.

Most world powers rose to where they are by violently thieving from other nations.

Thousands of young protesters have been arrested and detained.

Meet the new magazine on Black politics and culture from Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and Jen Parker.

Here, five survivors and their grandchildren share how they're preserving history.

This spooky season, “rainbow fentanyl” is the new monster in town.

And where it comes up in the show's final season, now on Netflix.

No one has ever heard the flute before — it’s about damn time.

Judith Kaplan paved the way for teen girls like me.