Why haven’t scientists come up with a better contraception device for men?
History Repeats Itself in Ukraine
As usual in war, refugees are at risk, as this family knows all too well.
‘The Storm of War Broke Upon Us’: Three Soldier Letters Bring the Horrors of Battle Back Home
We asked William “Griff” Griffing to share with us some of his most favored, memorable, or compelling Civil War letters to date.
T-62 Tank: Russia’s Soviet-Era Fallback in Ukraine
That Russia has turned to the outdated T-62 tank in the war in Ukraine says a lot about how the conflict’s going.
Ghost Towns: Cuervo, New Mexico
Born when the railroad arrived in 1901, this abandoned village remains on the beaten track — on Route 66 in plain view of I-40.
Union Field Music at Gettysburg
A bugle march at the 1st Minnesota camp at Gettysburg National Military Park in July 2022.
What’s Wrong With This Picture? ‘Washington Crossing the Delaware’
Emmanuel Leutze’s painting is iconic — but not all that accurate.
This Brave Wife and Mother Was the Betsy Ross of Texas
Jane Long, who went to Texas in 1820 with husband James Long the filibuster, designed what was probably the first Lone Star flag.
Chilling Tapes Reveal Adolf Eichmann Bragging About the Holocaust
Those tapes make up the core of an Israeli three-part documentary series, “The Devil’s Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes.”
Fact vs. Fiction: Did Hollywood Get the Chamberlain Story Right?
A historian sheds new light on Joshua Chamberlain and his 20th Maine’s epic bayonet charge down Little Round Top.
