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The Night I Met Elvis | November/December 2024, Vol 69, No 5
The young rockabilly star autographed each of our forearms.
Women Finally Get Full Credit | November/December 2024, Vol 69, No 5
Fifty years ago, the Equal Credit Act was an important step in affording women control of their own finances.
Solving Our Political Disarray | Fall 2024, Vol 69, No 4
The Constitution is more than a legal code. It is also a framework for union and solidarity.
The Tragedy of Emmett Till | Fall 2024, Vol 69, No 4
The boy's vicious killing in Mississippi in 1955 helped to transform America's racial consciousness.
FDR’s War of Words with Lindbergh | Fall 2024, Vol 69, No 4
Charles Lindbergh and the isolationists of American First opposed Lend Lease and Roosevelt’s attempts to prepare for possible war in Europe.
The Wilsonian Century | Fall 2024, Vol 69, No 4
In the hundred years since his death, features of Woodrow Wilson’s philosophy have become central to international politics and American foreign policy.
Did the First Lady Advise the President Not to Run Again? | Summer 2024, Vol 69, No 3
President Johnson shocked the nation when he ended his bid for reelection in 1968. As early as 1964, Lady Bird had suggested that he might not want to run for a second term.
Lafayette's Grand American Tour | Summer 2024, Vol 69, No 3
Enormous crowds greeted the Marquis de Lafayette, the French hero of the American Revolution, during his visit to all 24 states nearly 40 years after the war ended.
Two Years That Made the West | Summer 2024, Vol 69, No 3
In a momentous couple of years, the young United States added more than a million square miles of territory, including Texas and California.
Save the Glover House! | Spring 2024, Vol 69, No 2
We can’t let the home of one of the great heroes of the American Revolution be demolished.
Home of John Glover Threatened with Demolition | Spring 2024, Vol 69, No 2
The farmhouse of General John Glover, one of the great heroes of the American Revolution, is scheduled to be demolished after July 1, 2024.
Glover and the “Indispensables” Save Washington’s Army | Spring 2024, Vol 69, No 2
John Glover and the men of Marblehead saved the Continental Army several times, and then helped it cross the Delaware to victory at Trenton and Princeton.
The Mystery of Henry Wallace | Spring 2024, Vol 69, No 2
Many historians and the author of a recent book have seriously misjudged the influential former vice president and cabinet secretary.
Why Did Ruby Kill Oswald? | Winter 2024, Vol 69, No 1
Sixty years ago, Jack Ruby shot Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. What was his motive? The Warren Commission lawyer who investigated Ruby reveals the killer’s state of mind.
Brutal Reckoning in the Creek War | Winter 2024, Vol 69, No 1
Two hundred years ago, the conflict in which the U.S. seized the Deep South from its Native inhabitants was a turning point in American history, but it is largely forgotten today.
“Killers of the Flower Moon” and a Hundred Years of Healing | Fall 2023, Vol 68, No 7
My grandparents were murdered during the Osage Reign of Terror. It took my family generations to recover.
The Man Who Blew Himself Up | Fall 2023, Vol 68, No 7
“I will leave this house only if I am dead,” the prominent New York doctor told his ex-wife, who was seeking half the value of their Manhattan townhouse in a divorce.
Catherine Leroy Parachutes into Danger | Fall 2023, Vol 68, No 7
When the Pentagon wanted a photographer to record the largest airborne assault in the Vietnam War, the most qualified candidate was a young French woman.
Special Section: Women Journalists in Vietnam | Fall 2023, Vol 68, No 7
These extraordinary women changed the history of photojournalism.
Reopened Museum Honors Women's Fight for Fairness | September 2023, Vol 68, No 6
Kate Mullany's former home in Troy, New York honors one of the earliest women's labor unions that sought fair pay and safe working conditions.
The Student Who Exasperated George Washington | September 2023, Vol 68, No 6
The president worried that his grandson had “an unconquerable indolence of temper, and a dereliction, in fact, to all study.”
Dickey Chapelle in the Fight | Fall 2023, Vol 68, No 7
The award-winning photojournalist broke gender barriers and was the first American female reporter killed in combat in Vietnam.
Was the Flag-Raising on Iwo Jima Posed? | September 2023, Vol 68, No 6
One of the defining images of World War II continues to be trailed by controversy.
John Muir Fights to Save Yosemite | September 2023, Vol 68, No 6
Muir struggled for decades to create and protect Yosemite National Park, and helped launch the American environmental movement.
The Secret Plans to Invade Japan | August 2023, Vol 68, No 5
U.S. military leaders drew up elaborate plans to invade Japan, with estimates of American casualties ranging as high as two to four million, given the terrible losses at Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
Did We Really Need to Drop the Bomb? | August 2023, Vol 68, No 5
American leaders called the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki our 'least abhorrent choice,' but there were alternatives to the nuclear attacks.
Struggling to End the War | August 2023, Vol 68, No 5
As defeat became inevitable in the summer of 1945, Japan's government and the Allies could not agree on surrender terms, especially regarding the future of Emperor Hirohito and his throne.
Special Issue: Japan and the Atomic Bomb | August 2023, Vol 68, No 5
In this special issue, we look from multiple viewpoints at the conventional and atomic attacks on Japanese cities to end the Asia-Pacific war.
Ernie Pyle Digs in at Anzio | Summer 2023, Vol 68, No 4
Nearly killed by a German bomb, Pyle faced the fear and frustration known as “Anzio anxiety” among the American soldiers trapped with him on the beach.
Triumphs of a Tuskegee Airman | Summer 2023, Vol 68, No 4
Col. Harry Stewart downed three advanced Nazi fighter planes in one day, then surprised the Air Force when he and his Tuskegee teammates won the first "top gun" competition.