Opinion | How America became a reluctant nation of immigrants - Washington Post
100 years ago the U.S. tried to limit immigration to White Europeans. Instead, diversity triumphed.
This San Jose man has recreated 700 historical sandwich recipes - The Washington Post
Barry Enderwick’s hobby is recreating historical sandwich recipes. Since 2018, he has created and eaten more than 700 sandwiches and posted results on TikTok.
How conspiracy and betrayal led to the secret creation of Mickey Mouse - The Washington Post
After Walt Disney’s friends betrayed him, he scrambled to stave off bankruptcy with a cartoon mouse, whose first film has now entered the public domain.
Site of Revolutionary War barracks uncovered in Virginia - The Washington Post
A new building project was adjusted to spare the site that housed soldiers during the Revolutionary War.
How Black parents in D.C. got segregation struck down 70 years ago - The Washington Post
On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court ruled school segregation unconstitutional in Brown v. Board—and in the D.C. companion case Bolling v. Sharpe.
Switchel, a drink dating to antiquity, is a refreshing way to cool off - The Washington Post
Switchel is essentially old-timey Gatorade!
New Yorker geo-blocks Lucy Letby story in collision with British courts - The Washington Post
The New Yorker “geo-blocked” from British readers its Lucy Letby story casting doubt on newborn nurse’s murder conviction to comply with a British court order.
This ‘sacred site’ for Mexican Americans named national landmark - The Washington Post
The Rio Vista Bracero Reception Center in South Texas, where Mexican workers were processed, has been designated as a national historic landmark.
Fort Mose, first free Black settlement in U.S., is being resurrected - The Washington Post
Fort Mose was first built in 1752 in Spanish St. Augustine, Fla. Then it was buried and forgotten. Now a life-size reproduction will open this year.
‘An Unfinished Love Story,’ Doris Kearns Goodwin’s up-close view of JFK and LBJ - The Washington Post
In ‘An Unfinished Love Story,’ Goodwin writes about her marriage to Richard Goodwin and the couple’s prolonged debate about the legacies of LBJ and JFK
This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud book review - The Washington Post
“This Strange Eventful History” is a novel that’s quilted from scraps of memory treasured in the author’s attic for decades.
National Archives and Ancestry team up to digitize millions of records - The Washington Post
The National Archives and the genealogy company Ancestry are teaming up to digitize and put online tens of millions of records from the Archives’ vast holdings.
Israel puts Rafah, a city in southern Gaza, in center of conflict - The Washington Post
After months of warnings of a looming Israeli offensive in overcrowded Rafah, the ground operation appears to be underway.
RFK Jr’s ‘history lesson’ on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine flunks the fact test - The Washington Post
The independent presidential candidate’s claims are not backed up by the historical record.
TAAF CEO Norman Chen on combatting hate with history, visibility and awareness - The Washington Post
Norman Chen is the CEO of The Asian American Foundation, an advocacy organization founded in response to anti-Asian racism. On Wednesday, May 8 at 3:00 p.m. ET, Chen joins The Post’s Tracy Jan to talk
Kristi Noem’s increasingly bizarre Kim Jong Un story - The Washington Post
Noem’s book tour is a testament to the GOP’s Trump-era push to never back down and focus instead on planting seeds of doubt.
Who makes the Met Gala guest list? A breakdown of the past 10 years - The Washington Post
A-list celebs like Rihanna or Zendaya are standard fare at the Met Gala, but some of these other guests might surprise you.
The school from ‘Footloose’ lobbied Kevin Bacon to visit. He delivered. - The Washington Post
Kevin Bacon returned to Payson High School in Utah decades after he filmed the 1984 classic, following a student campaign ahead of the school’s demolition.
How the arrival of iodized salt 100 years ago changed America - The Washington Post
On May 1, 1924, the first iodized salt appeared on shelves, quickly solving an iodine deficiency crisis that plagued the northern U.S. “goiter belt.”
How the arrival of iodized salt 100 years ago changed America - The Washington Post
On May 1, 1924, the first iodized salt appeared on shelves, quickly solving an iodine deficiency crisis that plagued the northern U.S. “goiter belt.”
Lawmaker John Roy Lynch warned about rewriting Black history - The Washington Post
A century before today’s fights on book bans and history curriculums, pioneering Black lawmaker John Roy Lynch sought to correct the record on Reconstruction.
Were skeletons from Waterloo and U.S. soldiers dug up for fertilizer? - The Washington Post
Where did all the skeletons go from the Battle of Waterloo? A new book suggests they — and some U.S. soldiers’ bones — were plundered for fertilizer and sugar production.
The Supreme Court justice who actually picked a president - The Washington Post
Long before the Supreme Court’s messy involvement in the 2024 race (or the 2000 contest), Joseph P. Bradley was the decider in the contentious election of 1876.
Author Percival Everett on reimagining ‘Huckleberry Finn’ and history’s dominant narratives - The Washington Post
Percival Everett’s newest novel reimagines “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the perspective of the enslaved character, Jim. On Thursday, April 25 at 2:15 p.m. ET, Everett joins Washington Pos
Trump’s long, strange history with the tabloids - The Washington Post
The New York City papers gave him the headlines he craved; the National Enquirer buried the ones he didn’t.