History
Penn Museum preserves a little bit of Egypt for display during renovation
With its Egyptian galleries closed until 2022, the archaeological museum in West Philadelphia has set up a smaller exhibition of artifacts.
7 years ago
Listen 1:59Plessy v. Ferguson: How racial segregation became law
STEVE LUXENBERG, a former Washington Post editor ...
7 years ago
Listen 35:30How do you preserve history on the moon?
Historic preservationists hope the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing will persuade the United Nations to protect Armstrong's footprints in the lunar dust.
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Delaware archaeologists find African-American graves that may date to Civil War
The tombstone of an African-American Civil War soldier — and possible graves of family members — have been discovered in Frankford, Delaware.
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Listen 1:19Father Divine: Charismatic cult leader or civil rights pioneer?
Why Father Divine, the man behind the iconic Divine Lorraine Hotel on North Broad Street in Philadelphia, left a complicated legacy.
Air Date: February 20, 2019
Listen 0:00Jon Meacham on The Battle for Our Better Angels
Presidential historian joins Marty to compare our current political crisis to those throughout American history.
Air Date: February 18, 2019 12:00 am
Listen 49:00Why the marquee lights are back on at North Philly’s shuttered Uptown Theater
North Philadelphia’s Uptown Theater celebrated 90 years since it first opened its doors. Now, community organizers hope to fully reopen the theater by 2020.
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Listen 1:53Colonial Williamsburg serves up the past so you can try a taste of history
Since restoration began in 1926, the dream of preserving this section of Williamsburg has come to include the chance to taste history.
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9/11 fund running out of money for those with illnesses
The compensation fund for victims of 9/11 is running out of money and will cut future payments by 50 to 70 percent, officials announced Friday.
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Michael Tomasky on political polarization and how to end it
Michael Tomasky on political polarization and how to end it
Air Date: February 13, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:29Political polarization and the American way
Writer Michael Tomasky argues that political polarization was baked into the American political process from the beginning.
Air Date: February 12, 2019
Lise Meitner – the forgotten woman of nuclear physics who deserved a Nobel Prize
Left off publications due to Nazi prejudice, this Jewish woman lost her rightful place in the scientific pantheon as the discoverer of nuclear fission.
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Hungary’s new Holocaust museum isn’t open yet, but it’s already causing concern
The long-delayed opening of the House of Fates Holocaust museum in Budapest, whose entrance is marked by a Star of David, is expected this spring.
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Ahead of 2020 Summer Olympics, a building boom in Kyoto is yielding ancient artifacts
Across Kyoto, archaeologists are rushing to uncover and preserve relics of the city's heritage, as a pre-Olympic building boom sweeps the ancient former capital of Japan.
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Blackface photo reopens long history of bigotry in medicine
The 1984 photo has stirred a national political furor and reopened the long history of bigotry in American medicine.
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