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History: Part 48
- Einstein Feared a Nazi Atom Bomb—But Immigrants Made Sure the U.S. Got There First
- Citizens Facing Deportation Isn’t New. Here’s What Happened When the U.S. Removed Mexican-Americans in the 1930s
- What Happened to the Enola Gay After It Dropped the Atomic Bomb
- Toni Morrison Was Described as a ‘Seer’ and ‘Truth-Teller.’ Here Are Some of Her Wisest Words From the Pages of TIME
- From Marie Antoinette to JoJo Siwa, Hair Bows Have a Surprisingly Meaningful History
- The El Paso Shooting Is a Reminder of an Ugly Side of Texas History
- People Were Born and Died at Woodstock. Here Are Their Stories
- How a World War II Attack Helped Spark the Creation of Smokey Bear
- America’s War on Drugs Has Treated People Unequally Since Its Beginning
- Not Everyone Who Performed at Woodstock Is Famous 50 Years Later. Here’s What Happened to One Forgotten Star
- The Couple in This Famous Woodstock Album Cover Photo Is Still Together 50 Years Later
- Max Yasgur Rented Out His Farm for Woodstock. His Neighbors Sued Him
- Was The Wizard of Oz Cursed? The Truth Behind the Dark Stories About the Judy Garland Classic
- 5 Woodstock Photographers on the Images That Moved Them Most
- President Trump Reportedly Wants to Buy Greenland. TIME Reported Similar Plans in 1947
- The First Africans in Virginia Landed in 1619. It Was a Turning Point for Slavery in American History—But Not the Beginning
- ‘I Have Only One More Test to Pass.’ The Enduring Message of the Last Letters From WWII’s Captured French Resisters
- It Takes Black Women in the U.S. 20 Months to Earn What White Men Make in a Year. Here’s the History Behind That Wage Gap
- What to Know About Virginia Woolf’s Love Affair With Vita Sackville-West
- Virginia Just Became the 38th State to Pass the Equal Rights Amendment. Here’s What to Know About the History of the ERA
- Environmentalists Have Been Warning About Amazon Fires for Decades. The Stakes Are Now Higher Than Ever
- How Trump Fits Into the Long, Fraught History of the Relationship Between Israel and American Jews
- 99 Years After Women’s Suffrage, the Fight for the Vote Continues
- The Brief, Unsuccessful History of Franklin, the Experiment That Failed to Become the 14th American State
- When Americans Feared an Invasion From Their Northern Border
- 400 Years of Black Philanthropy, From the Days of Slavery to the 2019 Morehouse Graduation
- Latin Americans Are Souring on Democracy. That’s Not So Surprising Considering the Region’s History
- Her Fight for Civil Rights Was Recognized During the March on Washington’s Tribute to Women—But She Wasn’t Actually There
- Why Christianity Has Thrived in the U.S.
- The Invasion of Poland Wasn’t Hitler’s First Aggression. Here’s Why That Move Marked the Beginning of WWII
- Beyond Labor Day: 3 Ways Unions Have Helped American Workers
- As Teenagers, These Sisters Resisted the Nazis. Here’s What They Taught Me About Doing the Right Thing
- World War II Launched a New Age of Global Power. 80 Years After the War Began, That Era Is Ending
- The Surprising—and Sometimes Troubling—History of Tennis Clothes
- What the History of Beards Reveals About the Changing Meaning of Masculinity
- Here’s Why U.S. Law Prohibits Claiming That a ‘Counterfeit Weather Forecast’ Is Official
- Robert Mugabe Ruled Zimbabwe for Decades. Here’s How He First Came to Power
- If We Want to Address the Crisis of Veteran Suicide, We Must Acknowledge Its History
- Why a Plan to Redefine the Meaning of ‘Museum’ Is Stirring Up Controversy
- When This German Artist Tried to Use His Work to Warn About Hitler, the World Ignored Him. It’s Time to Listen
- The Causes of the Hatfield and McCoy Feud Ran Deeper Than You May Think
- 9/11 Is History Now. Here’s How American Kids Are Learning About It in Class
- Busing Ended 20 Years Ago. Today Our Schools Are Segregated Once Again
- How the Long History of Human Violence Explains Why the Internet Causes So Much Chaos
- What to Know About the Origins of ‘Left’ and ‘Right’ in Politics, From the French Revolution to the 2020 Presidential Race
- The Violence Against Women Act Was Signed 25 Years Ago. Here’s How the Law Changed American Culture
- The History of Citizenship Day Is a Reminder That Being an American Has Always Been Complicated
- Citizenship Day Used to Be Called ‘I Am an American Day.’ Here’s How It Came to Be—and Why It Changed
- How Dr. Benjamin Spock Changed American Parenting
- The Forgotten History of the Native Americans Who Helped the Underground Railroad
- What We Can Learn About Being Good From a Village That Saved Thousands During the Holocaust
- How Understanding the History of the Earth’s Climate Can Offer Hope Amid Crisis
- What Ancient Rome and Greece Can Teach Us About the Modern American Military
- The Real History Behind the Downton Abbey Movie
- Tights Are Now a Fall Fashion Staple—But They Were Once a Revolutionary Style Statement
- 25 Years After ‘Operation Uphold Democracy,’ Experts Say the Oft-Forgotten U.S. Military Intervention Still Shapes Life in Haiti
- The Long Debate Over What Counts as a Concentration Camp
- Prince Harry Is Honoring His Mother’s Work in Angola. Here’s What to Know About Princess Diana’s Landmines Walk
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Was Inspired by a True Story. Here’s How the Real Bandits Began Their Life of Crime
- In the 1980s, the World Acted to Save the Ozone Layer. Here’s Why the Fight Against Climate Change Is Different
- What the British and the French Actually Thought About the Decision to Appease Hitler at Munich in 1938
- The U.S. Recruited Missionaries as Spies During World War II. Their Stories Are Only Now Being Told
- How America’s Ugly History of Segregation Changed the Meaning of the Word ‘Ghetto’
- Before the Trump Impeachment Inquiry, These Were American History’s Most Famous Whistle-Blowers
- ‘You Are Today the One Person in the World Who Can Prevent a War.’ Read Gandhi’s Letters to Hitler
- 50 Years After Abbey Road, Here’s How the Beatles Went From Symbols of the Generation Gap to a Band for All Ages
- The True Story Behind Godfather of Harlem
- ‘I Cry All the Time.’ A Century After 15 Mexican Men and Boys Were Massacred in Texas, Their Descendants Want Recognition
- The Surprising Origins of the Phrase ‘You Guys’
- ‘I Shall Never Forget the Kindness.’ How England Helped Albert Einstein Escape Nazi Germany
- Read Frank Sinatra’s 1945 Letter on Why Movies Are the ‘Most Effective Weapon’ Against Discrimination
- How the Vaping Industry Is Using a Defensive Tactic Pioneered Decades Ago by Big Tobacco
- ‘God Is Not Going to Put It in Your Lap.’ What Made Fannie Lou Hamer’s Message on Civil Rights So Radical—And So Enduring
- Before the Berlin Wall, the KGB Used a Familiar Tool to Undermine Democracy in Germany: Disinformation
- A Century Ago, African Americans Were Massacred in Elaine, Ark. We’re Still Reckoning With That Moment
- How the AIDS Crisis Changed the Dynamic Between Gay Men and Women, as Told in Edie Windsor’s Memoir
- 9 Landmark Supreme Court Cases That Shaped LGBTQ Rights in America
- A Teenager’s Death Has Put Diplomatic Immunity Under a Spotlight
- What the Far Right Gets Wrong About the Crusades
- Could Trump Lose the Republican Nomination? Here’s the History of Primary Challenges to Incumbent Presidents
- When Mosquitoes Brought Yellow Fever to the Caribbean, They Also Spread Slavery
- Ocean Exploration Changed Human History—And the Story Started Centuries Before Christopher Columbus
- America’s Founders Disagreed About Impeachment. Here’s How the Idea Made It Into the Constitution
- Smithsonian Museums Are Supposed to Tell the American Story. So Where’s the One Dedicated to Latinos?
- Andrew Yang’s Universal Basic Income Plan Echoes a 1930s Proposal That Reshaped Social Security
- Some Democrats Want to Make the Supreme Court Bigger. Here’s the History of Court Packing
- The History Behind Jojo Rabbit and What It Was Really Like to Be in the Hitler Youth
- What We Can All Learn About Character From Great Admirals in History
- The Real History Behind HBO’s Catherine the Great
- The Wing Is Opening Its First International Space in London. Here’s What’s Behind the Revival of the City’s Private Members’ Clubs
- How Theodore Roosevelt Fell in Love With the American West
- The Forgotten Women Who Helped Shape the Look of Disney Animation
- What Caused the Stock Market Crash of 1929—And What We Still Get Wrong About It
- A Historic U.K. Law Was Passed After a Wave of Anti-Migrant Sentiment. Here’s How It Shaped British Immigration Policy
- The Surprising Lesson About American History Hidden in Emily Post’s Classic Etiquette
- The True Story Behind the Netflix Movie The King
- The Real History Behind The Current War
- How Israel’s Justice System Dealt With Alleged Jewish Collaborators in Concentration Camps—And Why That Still Matters Today
- The Crucifixion Took on New Religious Meaning in the Centuries After the Death of Jesus. Here’s What Changed
- The Forgotten Women Who Shaped China in the 20th Century