President Obama, poised to announce his Afghanistan strategy in a speech at West Point. We’ll look at the long deliberation, and its echoes of history.

Writer and civil rights lawyer Alia Malek tells the story of modern America through the eyes of old-school Arab-Americans and new-wave immigrants.

Alabama’s Winston Groom, author of “Forrest Gump,” takes on the Battle of Vicksburg.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the Harvard professor who has been much in the news this week – and was a big topic in our news roundtable  today – had a thought-provoking conversation with Tom in 2006.

American historians David Kennedy and Nell Irvin Painter discuss the weight of the 2008 election.

On Election Day 2008, we look back on America’s first tumultuous decades and the triumphs and compromises of the Republic’s creation.

We look at the long-checkered history of financial rescues and bailouts — and what they’ve meant for the U.S. economy.

Look at a map of the USA, and every state tells a story. Oklahoma’s panhandle tells a tale of slavery. Missouri’s boot-heel hitch into Arkansas is the footprint of a real earthquake and one man’s dream.
Texas and California are huge for a reason. There’s a tale in West Virginia’s unicorn horn.
State boundaries may look like [...]