The revered scholar passed away at his Maryland home
Remembrance
Newtown Remembers Victims with 26 Bell Tolls
The grieving community marks the first anniversary of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary
One Day, 1,000 Stories: Personal Histories of the JFK Assassination
Thirty years ago, an unknown nurse in Tennessee wrote to hundreds of celebrities asking them where they were when JFK was shot. They wrote back
Dallas Police to Honor Fallen Officer in JFK Shooting
Officer J.D. Tippet stopped Lee Harvey Oswald based on description of shooter
The Last Ride of the Devil of Ramadi: Sniper Chris Kyle’s Final Mission
A Texas town is in disbelief and mourning as a local hero apparently falls victim to a troubled ex-marine he was trying to help
Sandy Hook Victim Dylan Hockley: A ‘Beautiful Butterfly’ Whose Life Was Cut Short
Hundreds of people gathered to remember the life of Dylan Hockley, a young boy with autistic spectrum disorder struck down in the mass shootings in Newtown, Conn.
Remembering Jack Pinto: Young Brothers Recall a Six-Year Old Victim
The Leuci brothers knew Jack Pinto from their wrestling league. They appear to be coping even though there may never be answers for all of their questions
Funerals at Christmastime: Newtown Prepares to Mourn
With the names of the dead released, the depths of the tragedy begins to sink in and residents of the town wonder how they will cope with the loss
The American Quixote: The Death of George McGovern (1922-2012)
He was a liberal out of the American prairies and he came to embody the country’s unrelenting idealism, even as he suffered one of the biggest presidential losses in U.S. history
Harvesting Labor Rights: Chavez’s UFW At 50
On September 30, 1962, legendary Chicano civil rights activist Cesar Chavez founded what would become the United Farm Workers of America—and with migrant labor a focus of the U.S. political debate, the UFW’s 50th anniversary is …
Remembering “Punch” Sulzberger: The Man Who Changed Journalism
An appreciation of the late New York Times publisher by one of the country’s premier historians of the American press