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    The JFK Assassination: An Enduring American Mystery

    Terrence McCauley on conspiracy, memory, and a tragic event's distinct hold on the American imagination.

    July 17, 2025  By Terrence McCauley
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    Robert Fieseler On Florida's Hidden Cold War Against Black and Queer People

    "[C]entral aspects of the American past in the 20th century have been censored, sealed, not made available to the public."

    July 11, 2025  By James Polchin
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    The Secret Committee That Persecuted Black and Gay People In the Name of Fighting Communism

    On Florida's hidden Cold War on Black and queer lives

    July 3, 2025  By Robert B. Fieseler
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    Searching for Hazel Drew, Whose Legend Inspired 'Twin Peaks'

    A 1908 murder in Upstate New York went unsolved for a century. The victim's ghost appeared to one author in a dream.

    June 18, 2025  By Jerry C. Drake
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    What If Your Biography Was Just a Footnote to Somebody Else's?

    Sarah Landenwich on 19th century women in music.

    June 11, 2025  By Sarah Landenwich
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    Searching for the Elusive Stephanie St. Clair, New York's "Madame Queen"

    She was a towering figure of the Harlem underground. So why don't we know more about her today?

    June 3, 2025  By Mary Kay McBrayer
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    Shaina Steinberg on Writing Historical Fiction Set in Los Angeles

    The screenwriter and novelist discusses postwar turbulence in Los Angeles and what it's like to be a writer there today.

    May 19, 2025  By Alex Dueben
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    1984: Enter the Crack Era

    Michael Gonzales on Harlem before and after crack.

    May 16, 2025  By Michael Gonzales
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    Michelle Young on Telling the Story of Rose Valland, the WWII Hero and "Art Spy"

    Valland risked her life to chronicle Nazi looting of Europe's treasures.

    May 14, 2025  By Morgan Leigh Davies
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    Axe Murder: A Brief History of a Grim Cultural Obsession

    Read an excerpt from Rachel McCarthy James's new book, 'Whack Job'

    May 13, 2025  By Rachel McCarthy James
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