art Drew Friedman's latest book: Shtick Figures: The Cool, the Comical, the Crazy Mark Frauenfelder

Science There's a room-sized time capsule in Georgia that will be opened 6,098 years from now Ellsworth Toohey

graphic novel "Big Jim and the White Boy" is a fascinating re-telling of Huck Finn Thom Dunn

books Graphic novel "Revolution By Fire" explores New York's Afro-Irish uprising of 1741 Thom Dunn

History Happy Birthday to the grandson of America's 10th president Ruben Bolling

America Homeowners lose bid to privatize road near Walden Pond, public since before U.S. founding Thom Dunn

History "Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States" in graphic novel form Thom Dunn

gender The weirdly conservative story of a famous American drag artist from the 1910s Thom Dunn

nostalgia Discover the hidden desert gem where America's road trip past comes alive Popkin

comedy Excellent video recreating the steps (and kayak voyage) of Bienville, founder of New Orleans Natalie Dressed

slavery Watch Nikki Haley desperately avoid saying the Civil War was about slavery Rob Beschizza

fascism MAGA man says he would vote for Trump even if he was smoking crack with Hunter Biden Mark Frauenfelder

american history Speaker Mike Johnson is flying a Christian nationalist flag outside his office Mark Frauenfelder

History "Washington's Gay General" is a fabulous look at the queerness of America's founding Thom Dunn

History Remains unearthed of one of America's first colonists, a teenage boy Ruben Bolling

History Check out this retrospective on the platinum age of comics Devin Nealy

History The story of how Coke designed Santa Devin Nealy

cuisine The curious history of American Chinese food Devin Nealy

trailers Watch this trailer for new film made entirely in the Blackfoot language Thom Dunn

native americans New England heirloom corn grown on its native land for the first time in 300 years Thom Dunn