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Trump Delays Release of Some JFK Documents

By Katie Reilly

The Final JFK Assassination Documents Are About to Drop. Here's What to Know

By Lily Rothman

Rare Alexander Hamilton Letters Made Public for First Time

By Olivia B. Waxman

Project Shines Light on African-American History

By Alissa Greenberg
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Could This Be the World's Oldest Koran?

The manuscript's writer almost certainly lived in the time of Muhammad, experts believe

By Alissa Greenberg

Go Inside East Germany's Stasi Archives

During the Cold War, escape attempts from East Germany were thoroughly reenacted and photographed by the Ministry for State Security

By Jeffrey Ladd

Welcome to the TIME Vault: Our New Digital Archive

Our magazine archive is getting a brand-new home

By Lily Rothman

9 Essential Berlin Wall Stories

As the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall approaches, look back at its history from beginning to end

By Lily Rothman

What We Can Learn From Nellie Tayloe Ross, America's First Female Governor

Not much has changed for women in politics since 1924

By Charlotte Alter

Arthur Rothstein's Return: A Master's Photographs Come Home to Columbia

LIFE.com explores the work of the prolific 20th-century photographer Arthur Rothstein, whose work is now included in the permanent collections of the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library in New York City.

By Krystal Grow

Hey, Reddit: You're Not All That Far Off

A popular Reddit thread has solicited possible TIME cover lines for the next 500 days — and some submissions aren't too far from reality

By Elizabeth Ferrao and Lily Rothman

Joan Rivers Joked About Death — Along With Everything Else

The legendary comedian was "an unindexed handbook on how to be neurotic about practically everything"

By Lily Rothman

Meet Clint Youle, One of the World's First TV Weathermen

Sunny, with a chance of groundbreaking television

By Samantha Grossman

Job Corps Celebrates 50 Years

The little-known program has helped more than 2 million find jobs since its founding

By Justin Worland

What Richard Nixon's Impeachment Looked Like

As Obama impeachment chatter continues, Nixon's resignation hits its 40th anniversary

By Joan E. Greve

A Photographic Survey of American Groups

Collector W.M. Hunt presents a gleefully disorienting photographic survey of American groups to Les Rencontres Arles, the annual French photography festival.

By Krystal Grow

Cuban Evolution

In the twilight of the Castro era, change brings as much skepticism as hope

By Pico Iyer

The Angelina Effect

Her preventive mastectomy raises important issues about genes, health and risk

By Alice Park

The Unofficial Story of the al-Qaeda 14

Their torture by the CIA was wrong--in more ways than you might think

Inside the Interrogation of Detainee 063

EXCLUSIVE: To get the '20th Hijacker' to talk, the U.S. used a wide range of tactics. A secret log reveals the first documented view of how Gitmo really works

By Adam Zagorin and Michael Duffy
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