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Women’s history today is no longer a backwater; nor is the profession of history a male craft. Read >>
An interview with the president and his wife in the Oval Office Read >>
In 1954, the merciless Joe McCarthy from Wisconsin was finally taken down. Read >>
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The King lives on—but he’s not who you always thought he was Read >>
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One of Lee’s greatest lieutenants is slowly winning his reputation back after losing it for daring to criticize his boss. Read >>
When the single most famous document to come out of the Holocaust was published in America half a century ago, it caused a sensation that made and ruined reputations and ignited furious arguments that resonate today. Read >>

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