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Kids In Combat: 26 Photos Of The Civil War’s Child Soldiers

The bloodiest war in American history was often fought by child soldiers. The Civil War claimed 620,000 lives – nearly as many American casualties as every other war fought by the United States combined. And one out of every five people who enlisted to risk their lives fighting their fellow...

By Mark Oliver • May 6, 2017

Kids In Combat: 26 Photos Of The Civil War’s Child Soldiers

The bloodiest war in American history was often fought by child soldiers. The Civil War claimed 620,000 lives – nearly as many American casualties as every other war fought by the United States combined. And one out of every five people who enlisted to risk their lives fighting their fellow...

By Mark Oliver • May 6, 2017

The Language Late-19th Century Migrant Workers Created In Order To Survive

Survival doesn't entail physical strength alone — it also requires good communication.

By Krissy Howard • May 1, 2017

The Language Late-19th Century Migrant Workers Created In Order To Survive

Survival doesn't entail physical strength alone — it also requires good communication.

By Krissy Howard • May 1, 2017

Inside The 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic That Left 50 Million Dead

The 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, the deadliest of its kind in history, affected one in four people worldwide and claimed 50 million lives.

By Erin Kelly • Apr 30, 2017

Inside The 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic That Left 50 Million Dead

The 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, the deadliest of its kind in history, affected one in four people worldwide and claimed 50 million lives.

By Erin Kelly • April 30, 2017

This Week In History, Apr. 23 – 29

Declaration of Independence parchment found, Egyptian tomb reveals treasures, "hobbits" found to be human ancestors, Confederate monuments come down, first humans in North America identified.

By All That's Interesting • Apr 28, 2017

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This Week In History, Apr. 23 – 29

Declaration of Independence parchment found, Egyptian tomb reveals treasures, "hobbits" found to be human ancestors, Confederate monuments come down, first humans in North America identified.

By All That's Interesting • April 28, 2017

The True Story Of The Iconic “Migrant Mother” Photograph

The "Migrant Mother" photo is iconic — but if the subject had her way, she wouldn't be the face of the Great Depression.

By Richard Stockton • Apr 26, 2017

The True Story Of The Iconic “Migrant Mother” Photograph

The "Migrant Mother" photo is iconic — but if the subject had her way, she wouldn't be the face of the Great Depression.

By Richard Stockton • April 26, 2017

48 Snapshots Of Life In The Real Wild West

These authentic vintage photographs of the American frontier reveal what life was actually like in the "Wild West."

By Mark Oliver • Apr 25, 2017

48 Snapshots Of Life In The Real Wild West

These authentic vintage photographs of the American frontier reveal what life was actually like in the "Wild West."

By Mark Oliver • April 25, 2017

27 Raw Images That Document The Birth Of The Blues

No one person created the blues. It was a sound born from slaves on plantations, shaped in prison chain gangs, and turned into a new style of music on the back porches of poor, African-American homes in the late 1800s. In the 1930s, folklorists John, Alan, and Ruby Lomax traveled...

By Mark Oliver • Apr 22, 2017

27 Raw Images That Document The Birth Of The Blues

No one person created the blues. It was a sound born from slaves on plantations, shaped in prison chain gangs, and turned into a new style of music on the back porches of poor, African-American homes in the late 1800s. In the 1930s, folklorists John, Alan, and Ruby Lomax traveled...

By Mark Oliver • April 22, 2017

Domestic Spying, Blackmail, And Murder: Inside The FBI’s COINTELPRO

How the Cold War-era FBI took down countless U.S. citizens deemed to be enemies of the state and got away with it.

By Richard Stockton • Apr 18, 2017

Domestic Spying, Blackmail, And Murder: Inside The FBI’s COINTELPRO

How the Cold War-era FBI took down countless U.S. citizens deemed to be enemies of the state and got away with it.

By Richard Stockton • April 18, 2017

The Dark Side Of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., The Patriarch Of The Kennedy Family

Joseph Kennedy Sr., JFK's father and the patriarch of "America's Royal Family," left behind a complicated legacy, including anti-Semitism and Nazi sympathies.

By Kellen Perry • Apr 17, 2017

The Dark Side Of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., The Patriarch Of The Kennedy Family

Joseph Kennedy Sr., JFK's father and the patriarch of "America's Royal Family," left behind a complicated legacy, including anti-Semitism and Nazi sympathies.

By Kellen Perry • April 17, 2017

27 Scathing H.L. Mencken Quotes On Politics, Religion, And The American Public

Famed for his rapier wit as much as his ill-temperament, Henry Louis (H.L.) Mencken rose to national prominence as a journalist and correspondent for the Baltimore Sun. A student of Friedrich Nietzsche and Mark Twain, Mencken was a detractor of representative democracy, religion, and social norms, and thus stood in...

By Alexander Baldwin • Apr 16, 2017

27 Scathing H.L. Mencken Quotes On Politics, Religion, And The American Public

Famed for his rapier wit as much as his ill-temperament, Henry Louis (H.L.) Mencken rose to national prominence as a journalist and correspondent for the Baltimore Sun. A student of Friedrich Nietzsche and Mark Twain, Mencken was a detractor of representative democracy, religion, and social norms, and thus stood in...

By Alexander Baldwin • April 16, 2017