History

Tennessee National Guard troopers in jeeps and trucks escort a protest march by striking sanitation workers through downtown Memphis, March 30, 1968.

National

NAACP Honors Memphis Sanitation Workers Who Went On Strike In 1968

10:33pm January 15, 2018

by Hansi Lo Wang

Some 1,300 black men from the Memphis Department of Public Works went on strike 50 years ago to protest poor working conditions. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke about them a day before his assassination.

Darwin sits in front of Shrewsbury Library in England, which was formerly a school he attended.

Science

Altering A Species: Darwin's Shopping List

5:10pm January 15, 2018

by Jimena Canales

Few scientific discoveries have caused as much excitement as that of editing our genes; yet we owe some of the most stunning wonders around us to old-fashioned breeding practices, says Jimena Canales.

The Personal Toll Of Civil Rights Activism

2:13pm January 15, 2018

The fight for equality has always been hard work.

From Madison Park To Washington, D.C. With Eric Motley (Rebroadcast)

2:13pm January 15, 2018

Raised by adoptive grandparents, Motley found his way to the Oval Office as a special assistant to President George W. Bush. Now, he's telling a story about what a good community can do, even when things are bad.

Georgia Gilmore adjusts her hat for photographers in 1956 during the bus boycott trial of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in Montgomery, Ala. She testified: "When you pay your fare and they count the money, they don't know the Negro money from white money."

Meet The Fearless Cook Who Secretly Fed — And Funded — The Civil Rights Movement

8:16am January 15, 2018

by Maria Godoy

Georgia Gilmore organized black women to cook without raising the suspicions of their white employers, and poured the proceeds into an alternative transportation system for Montgomery bus boycotters.

Immigrants arrive at Ellis Island in Upper New York Bay around 1900. In 1924, the U.S. would restrict immigration based on national origin. Forty years after that, it eliminated those restrictions.

President Trump's Idea Of Good And Bad Immigrant Countries Has A Historical Precedent

3:24pm January 13, 2018

by Tom Gjelten

In part, Trump's recent vulgar slur appeared to be favoring the revival of a discriminatory immigration policy abolished by the U.S. Congress more than 50 years ago.

A History Of When The U.S. Chose Immigrants By Their Country Of Origin

7:51am January 13, 2018

by Tom Gjelten

President Trump's suggestion that some countries produce more desirable immigrants than others echoes thinking popular nearly 100 years ago, when visas were allocated on the basis of national origin.

Arts

Russia's Underground Art Finds A Home In The U.S.

7:51am January 13, 2018

by Rick Karr

For 50 years, an American economics professor collected dissident art from the Soviet Union. The abstract art pieces, considered nonconformist by the Soviets, have been donated to Rutgers University.

President Trump speaks during a news conference with Prime Minister Erna Solberg of Norway at the White House on Wednesday. The two leaders participated in a meeting before taking questions from the media.

'Rapists,' 'Huts': Trump's Racist Dog Whistles Aren't New

6:30am January 13, 2018

by Karen Grigsby Bates

On Thursday, President Trump described Haiti and most of Africa with a vulgar term. Here's why that shouldn't surprise you.

The Flu Goes Viral

1:56pm January 11, 2018

It's going around …