History

Navajo citizen Lorenda Long, who attended a federal boarding school as a young girl, is a supporter of students at Riverside Indian School today.

Federal Indian boarding schools still exist, but what's inside may be surprising

6:00am June 06, 2023

The schools were tools of the U.S. government's attempts to erase tribal culture. But the few that remain have become places Native families want their children to attend.

Sen. Robert Kennedy speaks at an election rally in 1968.

Politics & Government

Robert Kennedy was killed 55 years ago. How should he be remembered?

5:48pm June 05, 2023

by Ashley Montgomery

On June 5, 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was gunned down in a hotel in Los Angeles. Kennedy, a presidential hopeful who was memorialized as a liberal icon, was complicated and contradictory.

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A plane with a dark past is returning from the U.S. to Argentina

5:21pm June 05, 2023

by Carrie Kahn

A plane used by Argentina's military dictatorship in what have been dubbed "death flights" has been located. It will go in a museum dedicated to victims of torture during Argentina's Dirty War.

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'The Red Hotel' tells the story of Western journalists who were largely confined to Moscow's Metropol Hotel as they attempted to cover the Soviet side of World War II.

'The Red Hotel': Trying to cover World War II from a 'gilded cage' in Moscow

4:58pm June 05, 2023

by Greg Myre

When Russia's Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, he clamped down on the media. In his new book, author Alan Philps sees parallels to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin who confined reporters in World War II.

World News

Now in her 80s, the subject of a communist soldier rescue prays for peace

5:37pm June 03, 2023

by John Ruwitch

More than 70 years ago a young girl was the subject of a celebrated rescue by China's People's Liberation Army. Today, she is praying for peace as tensions rise in the region.

National

Dropping the name of a Confederate leader, Fort Bragg is becoming Fort Liberty

4:57pm June 01, 2023

by Jay Price, WUNC

After more than a century as Fort Bragg, the Army's largest base by population becomes Fort Liberty Friday. Bragg is among nine army bases that are dropping the names of Confederate leaders.

Tupperware is now selling some products at Target, but it still makes most of its money through individual sellers.

Tupperware once changed women's lives. Now it struggles to survive

4:08pm June 01, 2023

by Alina Selyukh

The brand turned homemakers into saleswomen and became synonymous with kitchen storage. But it has relied on Tupperware parties for sales--and struggled to keep its business fresh. Is its fate sealed?

In a town where private space is at a premium, this 1953 photo from Michael "Tony" Vaccaro taken for LOOK magazine shows off a stylish way to get a city view.

Our 5 favorite exhibits from 'This Is New York' — a gritty, stylish city celebration

5:01am June 01, 2023

by Jennifer Vanasco

The Museum of the City of New York is marking its centennial with an exhibition of NYC-inspired film, TV, music and fashion. But this is real New York, "not a love letter," says one of the curators.

60 years ago, students joined the civil rights movement with 'The Children's Crusade'

4:53pm May 31, 2023

by Debbie Elliott

The Birmingham movement in 1963 was a turning point when children joined the struggle for equal rights. The brutal response from white segregationists galvanized support for the Civil Rights Act.

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In the Philippines, the Marcos family is a blueprint for authoritarianism

7:38am May 31, 2023

by Christina Kim

NPR's history podcast Throughline examines the rise and fall — and the eventual return of the Ferdinand Marcos family to political power in the Philippines.

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