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Two hundred years ago, an Austrian priest teamed up with a schoolteacher to perform the first rendition of 'Silent Night.'…
The lamps that once lit London's streets have come to symbolize a certain time and place in British history.
Some say the hysteria over screen time echoes parents' worries that their kids were watching too much TV in the 1980s.…
The Harry Potter universe has become a popular setting for stories featuring autistic characters, written by young writers…
Sixty years ago, stereo promised to forever change the way people listened to music. But how could record companies convince…
For centuries, readers have written in the margins of their books to indicate admiration, disagreement or inspiration. Plath…
The Slave Societies Digital Archive documents the lives of approximately 6 million free and enslaved Africans in the Americas.
Striking 20th-century garment workers wore their best dresses and hats to send a message that they had the right to be taken…
Children in countries like South Korea and Russia are more obedient, while American kids tend to be more self-indulgent.
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A recent survey found that Americans trust local media outlets far more than national ones.
In a time when women were expected to be silent, no topic was off limits for Pulter, who penned verses about politics, science…
For decades, Bangladesh had a very vibrant – and highly political – rock scene. But the genre is struggling to survive…
The Pilgrims repeatedly thanked God for their good fortune. But without two earlier developments, the entire undertaking…
Throughout the movement's history, African Americans and whites lived, worked and protested side-by-side. It was one…
The demographics of name change petitioners today – and the reasons that they give – tell a complicated story of race,…
Daaim Shabazz, an international business professor and chess journalist, explains what's at stake as American grandmaster…
Physician Magnus Hirschfeld advocated for those he called 'sexual intermediaries.' His activism began before World…
Over the past 20 years, the number of American households that have grandparents, their kids and their grandkids living…