Our nation is deeply wounded after the events of last weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia, when a white nationalist gathering erupted in violence, resulting in the death of activist Heather Heyer and ...

Newark went back in time on Monday to the 1940s, the setting for Philip Roth’s “The Plot Against America.” Filming is underway in the city for the HBO adaptation of Roth’s 2004 novel, which presents ...

It’s a cliché to refer to a decade as a "decade of change." In the summation of our nation's history, what decade wasn't a decade of change? Change is perhaps the great constant of American history, ...

“To Make a World: George Ault and 1940s America” will be on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., from March 11 through Sept. 5. Alexander Nemerov, the Vincent Scully ...

A lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas 1942 (Courtesy of the Library of Congress) There is a photo of federal housing ...

On June 18, 1940, Churchill delivered his celebrated “Finest Hour” speech. The British army had been evacuated from Dunkirk. France, under Pétain, had decided to surrender. “Hitler knows that he will ...

When Hitler invaded France in 1940, the conventional wisdom was that the French had the best military in Europe. This was despite Germany's crushing victory over Poland and several other powers ...

Inspired by America in the 1940s, the University Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Choir, University Choir, and Orpheus Singers will perform a program filled with pre- and post-war compositions, ...

It was an era when style was unmistakably defined, and men and women, despite the immense challenges they faced, always found a way to express their elegance. There were no piercings or tattoos; ...

Confronting the global ecological emergency will require a mobilization far more ambitious than any actions now being considered by governments or international bodies. In response, several of the ...

Writer and illustrator Karl Kessel is to produce faux Captain America newspaper comic strips from the 1940s every day for three months on Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited. After the online run, which ...