Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, the real-life couple behind I Love Lucy, captivated audiences with their on-screen chemistry.

On February 29, 1940, at the 12th Academy Awards, Hattie McDaniel made history by becoming the first African American to ...

Woody Guthrie changed folk music forever on this day in 1940. Woody Guthrie wrote "This Land is Your Land" in 1940 as a response to "God Bless America." The song contrasts American ideals with 1940s ...

The Trump administration is using the same racist playbook — including the Alien Enemies Act — to cleanse America of immigrants from non-white nations.

In a new book about everyday existence in wartime Berlin, students, musicians, Nazi maidens, and members of the resistance ...

America’s religious identity continues to evolve, and recent Gallup polling from 2025 put a spotlight on a sizable shift ...

One of the first female war correspondents, she covered a dozen major conflicts during a career that spanned more than six ...

On February 23, 1940, American folk legend Woody Guthrie wrote 'This Land is My Land' in his hotel room in New York City. The song would go on to become one of the most influential and iconic folk ...

Take a scroll through interior design history, from 1940 to 2015.

The author of ‘An American Marriage’ examines friendship, resilience and Black mobility in this Civil Rights-era novel.

Before electricity, Wisconsin farms relied on lanterns and manual labor. Electric companies didn't see a profit in changing that.

Several famous faces from Hollywood enlisted to fight for their country in the conflict, and many of them returned as war heroes. James Stewart ended his military career as the highest-ranked actor in ...