New study challenges a site that’s key to how humans got to the Americas
A new study challenges the age of a site in Chile, called Monte Verde, that’s crucial to our understanding of how people got to the Americas.
Category: history
Bernard LaFayette, Selma voting rights organizer, dies at 85
Bernard LaFayette, who died Thursday, laid the foundations of the Selma, Alabama, campaign that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act. He was a Freedom Rider and helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
Documenting the horrors of Mauthausen concentration camp
At 22, Army medic LeRoy “Pete” Petersohn helped liberate the Nazi concentration camp Mauthausen and documented its horrors in a letter home, testimony his son says Petersohn felt compelled to record for history.
Vintage Chicago Tribune: Skull-duggery — the city’s infamous bones
Here are a few of local historian Adam Selzer’s favorite headcases and a few others that have been profiled by the Tribune through the decades.
Best Liszt Works: 10 Essential Pieces By The Great Composer
Liszt was one of the most important composers of the Romantic era discover our selection of the best Liszt works.
1931 Ford Model A Roadster at No Reserve
This 1931 Ford Model A roadster was refurbished prior to spending more than two decades on display in a California museum. It was acquired by the selling dealer in 2025 and is powered by a 201ci L-head inline-four paired with a three-speed manual transmission. The car is finished in beige with black accents and fenders over brown leather. Equipment includes a beige convertible top, cream-color 19″ wire wheels, dual side-mount spares, a tilt-out windshield, a grille guard, a fold-down luggage rack, and a rumble seat. This Model A is now offered by the selling dealer at no reserve with a clean California title.
The East Lothian town branded ‘hell on Earth’ home to ‘incredible history’
The East Lothian town branded ‘hell on Earth’ home to ‘incredible history’
Former Broncos impressed with historic comeback win as team honors Demaryius Thomas
DENVER (KDVR) — It was a historic day both on and off the field for the Broncos on Sunday, with a huge comeback win, scoring 33 points in the fourth quarter. The team also honored the Super Bowl 50 championship team and posthumously inducted Demaryius Thomas into the Ring of Fame. Mark Jackson and Kenny […]
Historian Jill Lepore on the metaphor of America as a family
In this web extra, historian Jill Lepore, author of “We the People: A History of the U. S. Constitution,” talks with Tony Dokoupil about competing histories of America; polarization; and dissent as an act of patriotism.
