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What's Behind Steven Spielberg's Lifelong Obsession With Flying Saucers and Extraterrestrial Visitors?
Published: June 11, 2026 11:45
Half a century after "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," the director returns to the subject of UFOs with "Disclosure Day." His science fiction films are informed by his fascination with alien encounters in American suburbia
When a Journalist Took on Corruption, He Used a Tool That Hadn’t Been Used Much in American History: the Unvarnished Truth
Published: June 11, 2026 10:00
Lincoln Steffens was a reporter so dogged that political party bosses called him a “born crook that’s gone straight.” He and his fellow muckrakers redefined modern journalism
After the Concept of Peaceful Disobedience Was Established in America, It Traveled Around the World Before Taking Hold
Published: June 11, 2026 10:00
“Force may subdue, but love gains”: The Quaker practice of conscientious objection evolved through Thoreau, Tolstoy and Gandhi before becoming the hallmark of the Civil Rights movement
One of the Quietest Leaders in the Civil Rights Movement, Ella Baker Led by Encouraging Everyone to Get Involved
Published: June 10, 2026 12:00
Baker's work was instrumental in the success of the NAACP and other organizations, but she did it in a way that didn’t put herself in the spotlight. That was by design
Woodrow Wilson’s Legacy Is Loaded With Good and Bad, But His Work to Even the Economic Playing Field Is Often Overlooked
Published: June 10, 2026 11:00
He won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in ending WWI and worked to improve the plight of American workers. Today, his blind spots shroud most of his accomplishments
Some Presidents Offer More Than Just Policy. Here Are Five That Brought Their Innovative Spirit to the Office
Published: June 9, 2026 15:00
One president invented campaign buttons so he could just stay home during election season. Another one rallied Americans to go to the moon. And one—only one—holds a patent.
When a Photographer Turned His Focus on Social Injustice, It Helped Usher in the First Child Labor Laws
Published: June 9, 2026 12:00
Lewis Hine didn’t consider his job as taking pictures; it was “detective work.” Sometimes gaining access with ruse and subterfuge, he captured stark images that touched hearts and changed minds
Theodore Roosevelt Survived an Assassination Attempt Because a Speech Tucked Inside His Pocket Slowed the Bullet. He Insisted on Delivering His Remarks Anyway
Published: June 9, 2026 11:45
"I am very much uninterested in whether I am shot or not," he told an audience in Milwaukee. Newly discovered documents shed light on how the 26th president wanted the incident to shape his legacy
At a Pivotal Moment of the Civil War, Frederick Douglass Delivered a Speech That Reframed What Was at Stake if Slavery Stood
Published: June 9, 2026 11:00
In “The Mission of the War,” America’s incomparable orator helped turn public sentiment in favor of the Union and Abraham Lincoln, beginning the process of “national regeneration”
Harriet Beecher Stowe Wrote a Work of Fiction That Seemed So Real That It Changed the History of the Country
Published: June 8, 2026 14:00
To fight against slavery, the author collected true stories then picked up a pen and distilled them into “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
Among All the Great Things Benjamin Franklin Invented or Discovered, His Alter Egos Gave Him the Most Freedom
Published: June 8, 2026 12:00
Silence Dogood. Richard Saunders. Benevolus. Sidi Mehemet Ibrahim. All were pen names that allowed Franklin to say things he couldn’t have otherwise said
A Woman’s Right to Vote Was Secured After Work That Was Inspired by Mothers and Driven by Maternal Instincts
Published: June 5, 2026 12:00
In a poignant pattern, many of the most important contributions to suffrage were enacted—or inspired—by mothers
During the Revolution, American Women Fought for Freedom, Spied on the British, Cared for the Sick and Fell in Love. A New Exhibition Reveals Their Rich Wartime Stories
Published: June 4, 2026 12:30
Now on view at the New York Historical, "Revolutionary Women" spotlights figures with connections to the state, including a Jewish chocolatier, a Mohawk leader and a woman who disguised herself as a man to enlist in the Continental Army
Born in 1810, Margaret Fuller Was Labeled a Child Prodigy. She Later Used Her Intellect to Ask Important Questions About Women's Role in America
Published: June 4, 2026 11:00
Her writing posed the novel premise: What does it mean to be a woman? Her early death meant she never saw the movement she inspired
The American Revolution’s Overlooked Influence? Physics. How 'Common Sense' Spelled Out Astronomical Expectations for a New Nation
Published: June 3, 2026 14:05
The manifesto leaned heavily on Isaac Newton’s theories in making a case for independence, and fellow founders drew on the notion to build a new system of government
Smithsonian Magazine Presents: America at 250—The Revolutionary Spark
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-revolutionary-spark-180988782/
Published: June 3, 2026 14:04
Celebrating the visionary insights & darling innovators that forged a nation.