Education Jul 27 Using telegrams and love letters to teach World War II They found love letters, pictures, death-notice telegrams, and even insurance settlement claims that have survived for decades. Cpl. Henry Bernard Van Hyfte with his father in Minnesota before World War II. The discoveries are a result of a…
World Apr 29 The last men who fought in the Vietnam War remember the fall of Saigon By April 29, 1975, the fall of Saigon was imminent and only a few dozen U.S. troops remained – down from more than half a million in 1969.
Arts Apr 15 Rhiannon Giddens performs ‘Julie,’ a song inspired by a slave’s story Singer-songwriter Rhiannon Giddens is the first to admit she's big into history, and in particular the history of the South and the Civil War.
Nation Mar 17 Photo essay: Life inside a juvenile detention center for girls For the past eight years, photographer Richard Ross has been documenting juvenile detention centers across the country. He has visited more than 200 facilities in 34 states and been given rare access to interview and photograph more than 1,000…
Science Feb 11 The Internet’s hidden science factory Sarah Marshall has completed roughly 20,000 academic surveys. Clay Hamilton has finished about 40,000. Marshall and Hamilton are part of a small but highly-active community of paid online study participants who generate data at break-neck speed to fuel modern scientific…
Education Jan 20 The reality of life and death intersect for students at two Oakland schools Sometimes, the realities of life and death intersect at Life Academy, a health sciences-focused public school in Oakland, California.
Nation Nov 13 In rural Alaska, embracing native culture during and after the school bell Sassa Williams, 18, and her siblings, triplets Theresa, Chris and Grant, 14, work on their homework after school at their home in Dillinhgam, Alaska. But there comes a time when the phone rings, and everyone, including mom Kim, who has…