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Cultural History

by Mariah Fredericks

It’s always wonderful when a novel becomes a cheap excuse to do a…

by Tom Beaujour and Richard Bienstock

Hard rock in the 1980s was a hedonistic and often…

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Major League Baseball’s Opening Day has long been a symbol of rebirth…

by Ron Swoboda

By Ron Swoboda In Here's the Catch, right fielder Ron Swoboda tells the story of the…

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In 1981, Congress declared the week of March 7th as “Women’s History…

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Black History Month was originally created half a century after the abolition…

by Judith Flanders

While Christmas has transformed itself over the centuries, from a time for the…

by Ken McNab

When the swirling crosscurrents of music and politics collide, a powerful social maelstrom…

by Michael Eric Dyson

In 1963, Attorney General Robert Kennedy sought out James Baldwin to explain…

by Mariah Fredericks

Author Mariah Fredericks sets the scene for her latest novel, Death of an…

Cultural History

The Centennial Fire

Centennial

by Chris Wimmer

dd The first World’s Fair on American soil ran from May 10 to…

War and Reconciliation

war

by Tom Clavin

dd Douglas “Pete” Peterson was born in Omaha and raised in Nebraska and…

The Rise of the Weimar Republic

Sparticist

by Susan Ronald

dd In the following excerpt from Hitler's Aristocrats, author Susan Ronald discusses the…

Crary of the North…and South

Albert

by Tom Clavin

dd  It was on May 3, 1952, that a plane landed on the…

Meet the White House Plumbers

Justin

by Egil "Bud" Krogh and Matthew Krogh

dd by Laura Dail and Matthew Krogh HBO's new miniseries White House Plumbers imagines the story…

A Long Journey Home

Arizona

by Tom Clavin

dd During my recent book tour promoting the release of Follow Me to…

The Windsors at War

Duke

by Alexander Larman

When I finished writing The Crown in Crisis, the book that has become…

Old Houses of the West

Where

by Sandra Dallas

Novelist Sandra Dallas joins us to discuss the inspiration behind her latest book,…

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