Franklin Pierce: The Saddest President. (Video)
This in-depth video explores the life story of one of the most problematic U.S. Presidents.
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Streets of fire: two New York City disasters converge in space and time.
Two similar disasters, one in 1911, another in 1958, occurred within a 5-block area. How are they linked?
The Iraq War, 20 years on: what we failed to learn.
America flunks history class yet again. There's no excuse this time.
"All Quiet on the Western Front" and the meaning of World War I.
This classic story still resonates today because of the profound questions the war left unanswered.
Why fascism is on the rise again, and why it's so hard to stop it.
The road to dictatorship is paved with reply guys and tone police insisting, "It can't happen here."
Historic Photo: "Radio Row," New York City (later the World Trade Center site), 1936.
This area, whose shops used to sell old vacuum tubes, became one of the most tragic places in U.S. history.
Frozen giant: Putin's options, one year into the Ukraine war.
The key to gaming out what Putin will do is to see him in the context of Russian rulers of the past.