20 stories tagged with #hist, in publish-time order across the WeSearch catalog. Tag pages update as new stories ingest.
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Celebrating David McCullough: A Historian’s Love for America
Award-winning historian and author David McCullough was a man of his time and a man for all time. He passed away four years ago this month at the age of 89, leaving behind a rich c…
4 History Books to Read for America 250
As a companion to the “Top Six Classic Books to Read for America 250,” consider these four history books recommended by evaluators from the “Heritage Guide to Historic Sites.” Some…
The pro-Israel lobby has swayed US presidents since Truman. It must end with Trump | Ian Lustick and Eli Clifton
Our new book tracks the growth over nearly eight decades, of the most powerful foreign policy lobby in US history…
Today in Supreme Court History: August 2, 1923
8/2/1923: President Calvin Coolidge's Inauguration. He would appoint Justice Harlan Fiske Stone to the Supreme Court. The post Today in Supreme Court History: August 2, 1923 appear…
Artificial Intelligence: Ars Notoria and the Promise of Instant Knowledge
Centuries before Neo instantly mastered Kung Fu in The Matrix, medieval scholars found a shortcut to years of difficult study: a magical manuscript that promised to fast-track adva…
Meet the 'internet radical' who helped Microsoft get email and AT&T get online
Tom Evslin on Bill Gates, the birth of Exchange, and dragging Ma Bell onto the web…
Two brothers filled a Harlem brownstone with 140 tons of stuff
The Collyer brothers died in their own hoard. Langley was crushed by a booby trap he built himself.…
Historic: Meet the First Ever Lieutenant Governor Nom for AZ - She's Appealing to Rural Voters
Arizona is one of the few remaining U.S. states without a lieutenant governor - that's about to change in the 2026 midterms, thanks to a voter-passed proposition in 2022. As the st…
Probe cites history of overweight flights, inadequate oversight in crash that killed 10 off Alaska
The February 2025 crash, was one of Alaska’s deadliest plane crashes this century.…
Claude 'lost' hours of my chat history overnight, and I found it hiding on an invisible branch
Your missing chats (probably) aren't gone…
Can We Kick It?: new doc is timely take on Black history, pay-to-play and future of US soccer
Akbar Majeed’s new feature tells the story of the sport through a Black lens and asks hard questions about the barriers facing the game’s breakthrough…
Ebola outbreak in DRC the fastest growing in the history of the virus
As the death toll rises to almost 1,500, and with a vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain potentially still months away, health workers face a battle to slow the outbreak…
Trump Hails Historic Big, Beautiful New Deal to Fully Disarm Hamas in Gaza - but There's a Catch
Could there be a new day in Gaza? We can hope - but such things don't come easily. There's been a lot of jaw-jaw about disarming Hamas in Gaza, and throughout, Hamas in Gaza has st…
Historic divinity school is offering the first doctoral degree in 'AI and Moral Agency'
Starting next year, Shaw's divinity school plans to offer a new degree track: a Doctor of Education (or Ed.D) in Artificial Intelligence and Moral Agency.…
Was Florentine friars’ fatigue-fighting elixir a precursor to Coca-Cola?
Document believed to be from 19th century details recipe using Bolivian coca leaves, kola nuts and wine…
New England needed candles at noon and nobody knew why
On May 19, 1780 New England went dark at noon. Tree rings later traced the smoke to an Ontario forest fire.…
Amiga Graphics Archive
Launched in 1985 the Commodore Amiga boasted graphics capabilities that were unsurpassed for it's time. It featured an intricate collection of custom chips that enabled it to do th…
Hooray for the Sockets Interface
In 1983, BSD 4.2 introduced sockets, treating network communication like file I/O. This simplification sped UNIX adoption of shared protocols and services, marking a key turning po…
Michael Goodwin: Mamdani is carving out a historic path — an NYC mayor who hates the city, its people and is trying to destroy both
Zohran Mamdani is in a class of one. He is the first mayor in modern times who appears to hate the city and many of the 8 million people who call it home.…
Grandpa Pudding Brains says airplanes didn't exist during his father's lifetime
His brother was an airline pilot.…