MAKING THE EARTH STAND STILL AND LISTEN
Sci fi schlock littered the 1950s but one movie made apocalypse an enduring message.
THE OTHER WASHINGTON MONUMENT
D.C. had its doyennes and its demons but there was only one Alice Roosevelt.
THE TYCOONS VS. THE NEWSBOYS
Hearst and Pulitzer refused to play fair, so the Newsies walked off the job. And won America’s hearts. (As seen in “The Newsies.”)
EIGHT GENERAL STORES IN VERMONT
They invented one-stop shopping — in the 1800s. Can they survive in the age of Amazon?
GREAT DAY IN HARLEM
Like the music it celebrated, the iconic photo of jazz greats was mostly improv.
GERTRUDE EDERLE, QUEEN OF THE WAVES
A century ago, Gertrude Ederle swam the English Channel. She swam it faster than anyone — man or woman.
“WRINKLED RADICAL”
Forced to retire, Maggie Kuhn got busy. And her Gray Panthers changed how America saw aging.
WHEN PAPER AIRPLANES PASSED THE TEST
Paper wings made dreamers of millions, but it took a magazine to make them matter.
THE AMENDMENT THAT MADE AMERICA AMERICA
“We hold these truths. . .” sure. But we wouldn’t hold them everywhere without our 14th amendment.
THE FIFTIETH FOURTH
On July 4, 1826, the nation’s 50th birthday, the strangest thing happened. . .
THE FILM THAT SANCTIFIED SUMMER
Far more than a surf film, “The Endless Summer” called to the dreamer in all of us.
THE GODMOTHER OF JUNETEENTH
A mob attack on June 19 left Opal Lee determined to make Juneteenth a national holiday. Finally, at age 94. . .
CARL SAGAN'S ALIEN NIGHTMARE
Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day” darkens myths the famous astronomer spent decades debunking.
THE HAT THAT WON THE WEST
From Fedoras to bowlers, hats come and go but only one became a legend — with a name behind it.