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History: Part 45
- The Story Behind the Photo of LBJ Being Sworn In as President After JFK Died—And the Trailblazing Woman in the Corner
- President Trump’s Spat With Chief Justice Roberts Isn’t the First Time a President Has Sparred With the Supreme Court
- ‘We Became Warriors Again’: Why World War I Was a Surprisingly Pivotal Moment for American Indian History
- How 343 Women Made French History by Talking About Their Abortions
- 3 Things People Get Wrong About the History of HIV and AIDS
- How Blue and White Became the Colors of Hanukkah
- 4 Things to Know About the History of NAFTA, as Trump Takes Another Step Toward Replacing It
- George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st President of the United States and the Father of the 43rd, Dies at 94
- George H.W. Bush Accomplished Much More as President Than He Ever Got Credit For
- The Story Behind George H.W. Bush’s Famous ‘Read My Lips, No New Taxes’ Promise
- 3 Crucial Life Lessons From President George H.W. Bush
- A Half-Century of George H.W. Bush on the Cover of TIME
- See Inside the Private Family Life of a Young George H.W. Bush
- Former George H.W. Bush Speechwriter on Why the President Was Shy About Talking About His World War II Service in Public
- How the Salvation Army’s Bell-Ringers Became a Christmas Tradition
- ‘Time Goes On and I’m Sitting Here Now Alone’: George H.W. Bush in His Own Words
- Why the Repeal of Prohibition Actually Made It Harder to Get a Drink
- Mark the Anniversary of Prohibition’s End With a Period-Appropriate ‘Three-Mile Limit’ Cocktail
- A Funeral Train Will Carry George H.W. Bush’s Casket. Here’s What to Know About the Solemn Presidential Tradition
- How Understanding the ‘Greatest’ Generation Can Help Us Understand George H.W. Bush
- The Real History Behind The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s Trip to the Catskills ‘Borscht Belt’
- Fewer Students Are Majoring in History, But We’re Asking the Wrong Questions About Why
- ‘He Was Sent by God to Take Care of Us’: Inside the Real Story Behind Schindler’s List
- Behind the Scenes at the House of Commons Library
- The True Story Behind The Favourite
- The True Story Behind Mary Queen of Scots
- Where John Kelly’s Departure Fits in the History of Turnover Among Top Presidential Advisers
- French Protesters Just Won Concessions From Macron. Here’s Why They’re More Successful Than American Demonstrators
- The Striking Similarities Between Why Trump’s and Nixon’s Personal Lawyers Were Sent to Prison
- Here’s Why People Kiss Under the Mistletoe at Christmastime
- How If Beale Street Could Talk Author James Baldwin Went From Literary Critic to Civil-Rights Icon
- Dictionaries Have Been Inspiring Political Debates for Longer Than You Probably Think
- The Real History Behind the Movie Roma
- The Fall of Rome and the Lessons for America
- Where Embattled Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s Resignation Fits in the History of Cabinet Scandals
- Here’s How the Process of Impeachment Actually Works—And What Happened Last Time the U.S. Went Down That Road
- How Red and Green Became the Colors of Christmas
- What Monuments Hide About the Civil War―and What Tearing Them Down Won’t Solve
- Was There a Midwife at the Manger? Here’s What the History of Childbirth Says About the First Christmas
- The Surprisingly Sad True Story Behind ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’
- How Mary Poppins Has Evolved Over the Years
- Christmas Wreaths Are a Classic Holiday Decoration With a Surprisingly Deep History
- The True Story Behind the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Movie On the Basis of Sex
- Before ‘Then They Came for Me,’ There Was Christmas Eve 1944. Here’s How a Sermon in a Nazi Camp Signaled a New Moral Voice
- Apollo 8’s ‘Earthrise’ Photo Changed Our Understanding of Our Place in the Universe. Here’s the Story Behind the Picture
- The On the Basis of Sex Story Wasn’t the Only Time Ruth Bader Ginsburg Used Cases About Men to Argue for Women’s Equality
- The Not-So-Funny True Comedy Story Behind the Movie Stan & Ollie
- The Mysterious Origins of the New Year’s Eve Kiss
- How 1960s Pop Songs Helped Young Women Find Their Own Voices in a Time of Social Change
- Why All Those Photos of Mike Pence Swearing In Newly Elected Senators Aren’t What They Seem
- Amelia Earhart Was Declared Dead 80 Years Ago. Here’s What to Know About What Actually Happened to Her
- 40 Years After the Fall of the Khmer Rouge, Cambodia Still Grapples With Pol Pot’s Brutal Legacy
- This Supreme Court Case on Hunting Is Really About a 150-Year-Old Treaty and Wyoming’s Existence as a State
- Common Threads Run Through Many of History’s Worst Dictatorships. Here’s One Way North Korea Fits In
- Trump Just Declared an Emergency at the Border. The U.S. Has Been in a Constant State of Emergency Since 1979
- Historian Lucy Worsley on Royal Weddings, Queen Victoria and the ‘Big Mistake’ People Make About the Past
- This Shutdown Isn’t the First Time the U.S. Government Has Broken Down. The History Doesn’t Bode Well for Trump
- Wives of Political Leaders Have Long Been Called ‘First Ladies.’ California’s Jennifer Siebel Newsom Has Other Plans
- President Trump Thinks the Shutdown Will Give Him His Wall. Here’s How Presidents Have Fared in Past Shutdowns
- How the Great Molasses Flood of 1919 Made the World a Little Bit Safer
- The Extraordinary Bravery That Made This Woman One of World War II’s Most Remarkable Spies
- What We Can Still Learn From American History’s First Special Prosecutor
- The Surprisingly Complex Link Between Prohibition and Women’s Rights
- Nancy Pelosi’s Suggestion That President Trump Deliver the State of the Union in a Letter Has 112 Years of Precedent
- The Nazi-Fighting Winter Soldiers Who Taught America to Ski
- The Challenges America Faced at Versailles in 1919 Are the Same the U.S. Faces Today
- What Martin Luther King Jr. Said About Walls During His 1964 Visit to Berlin
- The Striking Contradictions of Richard Nixon’s Inauguration 50 Years Ago, as Observed by Hunter S. Thompson
- How These Never-Before-Published Photos of Martin Luther King Jr. Were Discovered Decades After They Were Taken
- Study Reveals Just How Much—And How Little—Canadians Really Know About the Holocaust
- The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee Author David Treuer on Why We Need to Change the Way Indian Stories Are Told
- President Trump’s Approval Rating Is at a Near-Record Low. Here’s What to Know About the History of Those Numbers
- Why the Threat of U.S. Intervention in Venezuela Revives Historical Tensions in the Region
- 5 Things to Know About the League of Nations
- How Roger Stone Connects Donald Trump to Richard Nixon
- The U.S. War Refugee Board Helped Rescue Thousands During the Holocaust—Despite Franklin Roosevelt
- How a Secret Jewish Group Documented Nazi Atrocities in Hopes Their Archive Would ‘Scream the Truth at the World’
- Trump’s Troop Ban Is Part of a Long, Dark History of Accusing Trans People of Threatening National Stability
- The Beatles Performed Their Last Live Gig 50 Years Ago. Here’s the Story Behind the Rooftop Concert
- The Surprisingly Mysterious Story of the World’s First Filmmaker
- What the ‘Father of Black History’ Would Have Actually Wanted Americans to Do for Black History Month
- Americans Eat More Than a Billion Chicken Wings on Super Bowl Weekend. There’s a Surprising Past Behind That Number
- Google Doodle Honors Abolitionist Sojourner Truth for Start of Black History Month
- There’s a Reason Footballs Are Shaped Like That
- Stacey Abrams Is Delivering the State of the Union Rebuttal. Here’s the History Behind the Speech
- President Trump Used the State of the Union to Call for an End to Investigations. So Did Nixon
- How the U.S. Departure From Afghanistan Could Echo Kissinger’s Moves in Vietnam
- Inside the ‘Single Most Important Vote’ of John Dingell’s Record-Breaking Career
- Inside the Moment at Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation When Princess Margaret Revealed Her Secret Romance
- How FDR’s New Deal Laid the Groundwork for the Green New Deal—in Good Ways and Bad
- The Hidden Segregation of Military Executions During the Civil Rights Movement
- The Forgotten Northern Origins of Jim Crow
- Here’s Why We Give Roses on Valentine’s Day—And What the Flower Really Means
- Mark Kelly Isn’t the First Astronaut to Consider a Political Campaign. But Most Didn’t Have the Right Stuff
- An Insider’s Take on How the Black Panther Party Was Hurt by Its Own Ideals
- Cherubic Cupid Is Everywhere on Valentine’s Day. Here’s Why That Famous Embodiment of Desire Is a Child
- Inside a Young Fidel Castro’s 1940 Letter to an American President
- The Truth About the Connection Between Valentine’s Day and the Ancient Roman Festival of Lupercalia
- Think Valentine’s Day Is Tough Now? The Holiday Used to Involve Choosing a Sweetheart by Lottery
- Ilhan Omar Clashed With Venezuela Envoy Elliott Abrams Over Washington’s Role in Latin America. Here’s the History Behind Her Claims