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What to Know About 'The Last Twins'

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By Olivia B. Waxman

The Story Behind D-Day: The Camera Soldier

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By Olivia B. Waxman

The History of Music Copyright—Before Taylor Swift

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By Jason Lee Guthrie / Made by History

The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück's Story of Resistance

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By Olivia B. Waxman
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How Vodka Became America's Spirit of Choice

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In the 1960s and 1970s, vodka manufacturers took advantage of cultural shifts to overtake whiskey as Americans' favorite spirit.

By E. Kyle Romero / Made by History

The History of Using Parks to Address Anxiety

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For 150 years, Americans have visited state and national parks as a way to seek respite from stress.

By Felicia Angeja Viator / Made by History

The History Behind Pope Leo XIV's Name

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The previous Pope Leo emphasized the Catholic Church's responsibility to care for the poor and support workers' rights.

By William S. Cossen / Made by History

The Devastating History of Baby Relinquishment

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Positioning baby drop boxes as a solution to unwanted pregnancy ignores important lessons about the harms caused by relinquishment.

By Kristen Martin / Made by History

What St. Augustine Can Teach us About Pope Leo

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Saint Augustine's life experiences shaped a world view that informs Pope Leo's leadership today.

By Catherine Conybeare / Made by History

When Policymakers Ignore Economists' Warnings

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Prioritizing ideology, gut instincts, and upending the economic order has gone poorly for centuries.

By Richard S. Grossman / Made by History

The History of the U.S. Backing White South Africans

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The recent welcoming of Afrikaner refugees can be understood as the latest chapter in a history of U.S. support for white South Africans.

By Joel Cabrita / Made by History

How Trump is Trying to Redefine Human Rights

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Upending decades of precedence, the Trump Administration will exclude key information from the State Department's reports on human rights.

By Debbie Sharnak / Made by History

The History of Government Influence Over Universities

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On March 27, President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled, “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,” which aims to root out the “corrosive ideology” that casts American history in a “negative” light. Critics...

By Jeffrey Rosario / Made by History

The Forgotten Story of the Expatriation Act

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The 1907 Expatriation Act made it impossible for some women born in the U.S. to vote and set back the cause of full citizenship for women.

By Rachel Michelle Gunter / Made by History

The History of International Adoption

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A new report from South Korea's Truth and Reconciliation Committee finds human rights violations in the international adoptions that have taken place since the Korean War.

By Arissa H. Oh / Made by History

How Iran-Contra Impacts Politics Today

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The Iran-Contra affair exposed how government officials can ignore democratic norms and practices. 

By Alan McPherson / Made by History

How Reagan's USAID Reforms Compared to Trump's

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The road to the elimination of USAID was paved with decades-long efforts to "fix" the foreign aid program.

By Christian Ruth / Made by History

Papal Conclaves Have Drawn the Attention of Spies

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In the past, intelligence agencies have gathered information to help their governments get a sense of who the next pope might be.

By Yvonnick Denoël / Made by History

The Historic Dangers of Slashing Medicaid Funding

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Medicaid has always been fiercely contested political terrain, and past cuts have had disastrous human costs.

By Ben Zdencanovic / Made by History

Who Could Be the Next Pope?

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Contenders for pope emerge from the U.S., Asia, and Africa—raising the chance of a non-European successor to Francis.

By Aryn Baker
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