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The Secret Committee That Persecuted Black and Gay People In the Name of Fighting Communism

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

By Robert B. Fieseler | July 3, 2025

Searching for Hazel Drew, Whose Legend Inspired 'Twin Peaks'

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.

By Jerry C. Drake | June 18, 2025

What If Your Biography Was Just a Footnote to Somebody Else's?

What If Your Biography Was Just a Footnote to Somebody Else's?

Sarah Landenwich on 19th century women in music.

By Sarah Landenwich | June 11, 2025

Searching for the Elusive Stephanie St. Clair, New York's

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?

By Mary Kay McBrayer | June 3, 2025

Shaina Steinberg on Writing Historical Fiction Set in Los Angeles

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.

By Alex Dueben | May 19, 2025

1984: Enter the Crack Era

1984: Enter the Crack Era

Michael Gonzales on Harlem before and after crack.

By Michael Gonzales | May 16, 2025

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A Brief Survey of Crimes Committed During Voyages of Exploration

A Brief Survey of Crimes Committed During Voyages of Exploration

Steph Post on murder and mayhem in the midst of discovery.

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Tracing the Journey of World War II's Stolen and Looted Objects

Tracing the Journey of World War II's Stolen and Looted Objects

Elisabeth Dini on the Decades-Long Legal Battles to Recover Valuables and Heirlooms

By Elisabeth Dini | May 1, 2025

Bodies of Evidence: Anne Soon Choi on the Life and Crimes of Controversial “Coroner to the Stars” Thomas Noguchi

Bodies of Evidence: Anne Soon Choi on the Life and Crimes of Controversial “Coroner to the Stars” Thomas Noguchi

"Only in LA can a coroner become a celebrity."

By John B. Valeri | April 28, 2025

America’s First Spy of World War II: Ernest Cuneo

America’s First Spy of World War II: Ernest Cuneo

How A Nazi Plan to Blow up New York City Was Investigated by Churchill’s Spies at Rockefeller Center and Roosevelt's Trusted Advisor

By Thomas Maier | March 26, 2025

Joshua Hammer on Victorian London and the Great Race to Solve the Mysteries of Writing

Joshua Hammer on Victorian London and the Great Race to Solve the Mysteries of Writing

In Hammer's new book, he chronicles an era when archaeologists were stars and the public followed the quest to decipher Assyrian script.

By Kevin Canfield | March 20, 2025

The Last Days of Michael Stewart, a Young Black Artist of the East Village in the 1980s

The Last Days of Michael Stewart, a Young Black Artist of the East Village in the 1980s

Read a passage from Elon Green's new book, 'The Man Nobody Killed'

By Elon Green | March 11, 2025

The Murder Trial that Shook Gilded Age San Francisco

The Murder Trial that Shook Gilded Age San Francisco

Laura D. Fair was the talk of the booming city.

By Gary Krist | March 11, 2025

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