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John Lewis on Why He Kept Telling the Story of Civil Rights
By Lily Rothman
Lessons of the 1918 Flu Pandemic
By Laura Spinney
Hidden Figures
Hero Katherine Johnson Dies at 101
By Jeffrey Kluger
Congresss Has Always Been Partisan
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The Enduring Mystery of Malcolm X's Assassination
February 21 marks the 55th anniversary of Malcolm X's murder
By Josiah Bates
February 20, 2020
How Lincoln Healed a Divided America
Abraham Lincoln repeatedly tops polls as our greatest and most revered president. But few people thought so on March 4, 1865, when he took the oath of office for the second time. On that day,...
By Edward Achorn
February 16, 2020
'History Has Been Told About Men, for Men, by Men.' How One Historian Wants to Bring a New Perspective to George Washington
An all-woman team worked on 'You Never Forget Your First,' from author to illustrator to editor
By Suyin Haynes
February 4, 2020
'You Shall Never Be a Bystander.' How We Learn About the Holocaust When the Last Survivors Are Gone
On the morning of January 27th, 1945, the first Red Army soldier walked into Auschwitz death camp, and the 7,500 remaining prisoners knew they were finally free. More than 1.1 million people died in the...
By Ayelet Gundar-Goshen
January 27, 2020
Do Morals Ever Matter in American Foreign Policy?
As the Middle East ferments and impeachment draws us into foreign policy, we are faced with a perennial question. Do morals matter, or are moral arguments just window dressing that presidents use to justify their...
By Joseph S. Nye Jr.
January 25, 2020
How Do We Remember Victims of Mass Murder? A Holocaust Survivor's Daughter on How She Honors Her Family
How to remember victims of mass murder who have no graves? For families whose members have survived genocide or other forms of mass murder, remembrance is private and visceral. They often have no body to...
By Helen Epstein
January 24, 2020
Ross Perot's Forgotten Mission During the Vietnam War
The episode reveals a lot about him—and America at the time
By Richard Farley
January 5, 2020
The Story of an Extravagant Christmas Dinner Near the North Pole in 1881
When you think of early expeditions to the Polar North, images of hardship, deprivation, frostbite and death usually come to mind. These were the realities of the 19th Century attempts to the deadly region, where...
By Buddy Levy
December 23, 2019
TIME Studios to Launch Groundbreaking Experiential Project
The March
at the DuSable Museum in Chicago, February 2020
The project brings Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s iconic “I Have a Dream” speech to virtual reality for the first time
By TIME Staff
December 18, 2019
A Possible Mass Grave Could Be From the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot
Archeologists have identified what might be a mass grave of Black people killed during the 1921 Tulsa Race Riots, a massacre that killed 300
By Jasmine Aguilera
December 17, 2019
Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley Says South Carolinians Saw the Confederate Flag as 'Service' Before Dylan Roof 'Hijacked' It
Many argued Haley was not fully acknowledging the flag's Civil War and segregationists origins
By Madeleine Carlisle
December 7, 2019
A Century After Lady Astor Took Her Seat in Parliament, How Have British Politics Changed for Women?
A century ago, Nancy Astor made the train journey from her constituency in Plymouth, a city on the coast of southwest England, to London. There, on Dec. 1, 1919, she took her seat in Parliament...
By Rachael Bunyan and Suyin Haynes
December 2, 2019
Anne Boleyn Has Had a Bad Reputation for Nearly 500 Years. Here's How One Historian Wants to Change That
"If it can end in decapitation, it was never love.”
By Suyin Haynes
December 2, 2019
Douglas MacArthur Is One of America's Most Famous Generals. He's Also the Most Overrated
This Veteran’s Day, as we remember those men and women we’ve sent into battle, we should also take a moment to remember the fateful decisions, sometimes tragically bad ones, our commanders made that put our...
By Hampton Sides
November 11, 2019
We Need to Stop Thinking of Conflict With Russia as an 'Information War'
On November 9th, 2019 we mark the thirty year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall—a year synonymous with the end of the Cold War, the ideological defeat of the USSR, the victory of...
By Peter Pomerantsev
November 9, 2019
10 Lessons From History About What Makes a Truly Great Leader
With the 2020 presidential election approaching, America is bracing to choose its next leader in a time of incredible change and upheaval. How can we recognize the kind of person we’ll need to lead us...
By Andrew Roberts
October 30, 2019
What We Can All Learn About Character From Great Admirals in History
In Sailing True North: Lessons of Character from Ten Admirals I examine the lives of ten admirals whose careers stretch across 2,500 years of history and try to illuminate the most essential qualities of character...
By James Stavridis
October 18, 2019
What the Far Right Gets Wrong About the Crusades
In January this year, at a courthouse in Wichita, Kansas, three members of a right-wing militia group were sentenced to a combined total of 81 years in jail for plotting the mass murder of Muslims...
By Dan Jones
October 10, 2019
What We Can Learn About Being Good From a Village That Saved Thousands During the Holocaust
Several years ago, I went off to research a remarkable community that has a history of sheltering vulnerable outsiders. I went looking for clues to how a community like that operates. I hoped I could...
By Maggie Paxson
September 19, 2019
The History of the Equal Rights Amendment
The Equal Rights Amendment has a long history in U.S. Congress. So why did the proposed amendment never get added to the Constitution?
By Tara Law
August 23, 2019
What Happened to the Enola Gay After Hiroshima?
The B-29 bomber now lives at the National Air and Space Museum
By Sanya Mansoor
August 6, 2019
Citizens Facing Deportation Isn't New. Here's What Happened When the U.S. Removed Mexican-Americans in the 1930s
California officially apologized for the program in 2005
By Jasmine Aguilera
August 2, 2019
The Remarkable Story of the Man Who Volunteered to Enter Auschwitz and Try to Tell the World About It
In the darkest years of the Second World War, Witold Pilecki, a Polish cavalry officer turned resistance fighter, undertook the most audacious of missions: to get himself arrested by the Germans and sent to the...
By Elliot Ackerman
July 26, 2019
How Neil and Buzz Almost Were Stranded on the Moon in 1969
Even after half a century, people still don’t know much about the little broken switch that nearly stranded Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the lunar surface in July of 1969. No one will ever...
By Jeffrey Kluger
July 21, 2019
Viola Davis and Julius Tennon Join TIME’s Immersive Project
The March
as Executive Producers
Academy, Emmy and Tony Award-winning actor and producer, Viola Davis and actor and producer Julius Tennon, along with their award-winning production company, JuVee Productions, are joining TIME’s immersive project The March, which will bring Dr....
By TIME Staff
July 18, 2019
Trump Has Now Had More Cabinet Turnover Than Reagan, Obama and the Two Bushes
Donald Trump has now had more turnover in his Cabinet in the first two and a half years of his presidency than any of his five immediate predecessors did in their entire first terms. According...
By Madeleine Joung
July 12, 2019
Why Nike Has Sparked Anger With the Betsy Ross Flag
Many say the flag represents an era of slavery in American history
By Jasmine Aguilera
July 2, 2019
The Most Important Presidential Debates in American History, According to Historians
From Kennedy-Nixon to Bush-Gore
By Tara Law
June 26, 2019
Remembering Historian Alan Brinkley
There is a chasm, we often hear, between academic and popular history: The public loves blockbuster biographies and political narratives, typically written by journalists or amateurs. The professoriate likes analytical works known for their historiographical...
By David Greenberg
June 18, 2019
How a Nurse With a Hole in Her Skull Changed The Medical History of Migraines
The following is adapted from an excerpt from social and medical historian Katherine Foxhall’s new book, Migraine: A History, published by Johns Hopkins University Press, and out June 18, 2019. In 1936, Alfred Goltman, a...
By Katherine Foxhall
June 18, 2019
Peace With Honor: What Vietnam Can Teach Us About How to Leave Afghanistan
President Richard Nixon promised Americans that the Paris Peace Accords ending the Vietnam War would bring “peace with honor.” They brought neither, and it now appears that the Afghan War is headed for a similar...
By Thurston Clarke
May 24, 2019
What History Suggests Daenerys' Choice Will Mean for the 'Thrones' Finale
What Dany could have learned from military history, from ancient times to World War II
By Raisa Bruner
May 17, 2019
These Presidents Won the Electoral College — But Not the Popular Vote
As prominent Democrats call to abolish the electoral college, here’s a historical look at the presidents who won without the popular vote
By Tara Law
May 15, 2019
A Smackdown in the Kennedy Clan Summons Up the History of Presidents and Vaccines
Several Kennedys say Robert F. Kennedy has been 'tragically wrong' on vaccines
By Jeffrey Kluger
May 9, 2019
What to Know About the Origins and Meanings of the Major Holy Week Rituals
From carrying branches on Palm Sunday to visiting the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday, here are the stories behind Holy Week rituals
By Kat Moon
April 12, 2019
The Palestinian Issue Used to Be a Major Factor in Israeli Elections. Here’s Why It Hasn’t Been This Time
Significant disagreement on the issue was rarely even noted, let alone debated, in the run-up to the election
By Dov Waxman
April 8, 2019
What to Know About Other Impeached Presidents
President Trump is only the third U.S. President to be impeached
By Tara Law
March 27, 2019
The Google Doodle Honoring Seiichi Miyake Will Make You Think About What's Under Your Feet
You might have missed this ingenious invention right beneath your nose
By Ashley Hoffman
March 18, 2019
Impeachment Shouldn’t Be Political
One frequently hears that impeachment is a “political question,” not a legal one. After all, Congress, which brings impeachment proceedings, is a political body. Then minority leader of the House Gerald Ford even claimed in...
By Philip Bobbitt
March 14, 2019
This Korean War Veteran's Remains Were Lost for Nearly 70 Years. Here's How Cutting-Edge Science Brought Him Home
What happened to Hoover Jones? The question loomed over Ida Dickens’ life for nearly seven decades. When she last saw her younger brother, he was waving from the back of a taxicab, a lanky 18-year-old...
By W.J. Hennigan
February 25, 2019
Inside One Man's Trip to the Idaho Camp Where His Great-Grandparents Were Held During World War II
Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Executive Order that made internment of Japanese-Americans possible on Feb. 19, 1942
By Gina Martinez
February 19, 2019
The Truth About the Connection Between Valentine's Day and the Ancient Roman Festival of Lupercalia
Long before Valentine’s Day was celebrated, an Ancient Roman festival took place on Feb. 15
By Kat Moon
February 14, 2019
The Challenges America Faced at Versailles in 1919 Are the Same the U.S. Faces Today
Rising authoritarians, a conflicted West, isolationism, and technological disruption were problems a century ago, too
By Geoffrey Wawro
January 18, 2019
Apollo 8’s ‘Earthrise’ Photo Changed Our Understanding of Our Place in the Universe. Here’s the Story Behind the Picture
It was taken on Christmas Eve in 1968
By Jeffrey Kluger
December 24, 2018
What Monuments Hide About the Civil War―and What Tearing Them Down Won’t Solve
There is a lot to learn from the life of Ulysses S. Grant
By Elizabeth D. Samet
December 19, 2018
The Fall of Rome and the Lessons for America
The Roman Republic inspired many of the delegates who traveled to Philadelphia to design an effective federal government for the new United States in the summer of 1787. There was good reason for this. Not...
By Edward J. Watts
December 15, 2018
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