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For nearly a century, Americans argued over how to honor George Washington. The monument they built reflected those debates.

In Southeast Asia, colonial legacies and citizenship policies continue to leave hundreds of thousands without legal nationality.

Can fruit flies have dialects? Can dung beetles navigate by the stars? Find surprising answers in this collection of stories about bugs and people.

An archive of recorded interviews captures how ordinary people experienced one of the defining chapters of American history.

Burroughs drew on the leading Maya scholarship of his day, much of which has since been overturned.

The near-extinction of the bison sparked an industry that left almost nothing of the animals behind.

The Victorian painter drew on archaeology and ancient texts to create richly detailed scenes of love and excess.

Botanical illustrations helped bring science to new audiences—but not every scientist welcomed the change.

Grass roofs may look enchanting today, but living beneath them was another story.

Milwaukee mayor Daniel Hoan believed the best argument for socialism was a city government that worked.