politics New book: conservatives abandon limited government in favor of private business and extreme Christian agenda Ellsworth Toohey

art How Thomas Kinkade's cottagecore paintings became a blueprint for modern conservative propaganda Ellsworth Toohey

History This legendary conman's dog trick exposed human nature's dark side Ellsworth Toohey

art Explore the extraordinary legacy of Nazi-slugging comic book pioneer Jack Kirby Mark Frauenfelder

slavery As Nottoway "Plantation & Resort" burns, it's a great time to remind you that plantation weddings are wrong, period Jennifer Sandlin

linguistics This tiny North Carolina island is last place in America where people talk like actual pirates (video) Ellsworth Toohey

education Meet the Depression-era vaudeville family that set a world record for school-hopping Ellsworth Toohey

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