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On July 1, 1893, President Grover Cleveland boarded a friend’s yacht, sailed into the waters of Long Island Sound, and disappeared. What happened was...

Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican victory over the French invaders at the Battle of Puebla in1862. Now one of the most popula...

On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American in space, making a brief suborbital mission that marked the first manned launch of Project M...

Award-winning author Mariko Nagai shares the sources of inspiration for her new book, Georgic: Stories...

George Washington Carver was a renowned scientist and teacher, yet he is one of the most misunderstood figures in American history. His expansive...

Noted humorist Roy Blount Jr. discusses Alphabetter Juice, the follow up to the critically acclaimed...

David Meyers, a professor of medicine- cardiology at the University of Kansas Medical Center, presents a discussion on Medicine in the Civil War....

Author and National Public Radio commentator Andrei Codrescu discusses his new book Whatever Gets You Through the Night, an irreverent and de...

The authors of The Sumner Story discuss the history of Sumner High School, the formerly segregated black high school in Kansas City, Kansa...

Author Larry Bennett tackles some of our commonly held ideas about the “Windy City” with the goal of better understanding modern-day...