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History

The mummy of an anonymous female takes center stage in the Penn Museum's new exhibit,
Arts & Entertainment

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 1:59
Radio Times
Courts & Law

Plessy v. Ferguson: How racial segregation became law

STEVE LUXENBERG, a former Washington Post editor ...

7 years ago

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Astronaut Buzz Aldrin walks on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969. The landing site at Tranquility Base has remained mostly untouched — though that could change as more nations and even commercial companies start to explore the moon. (NASA)
NPR
Science

How 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.

7 years ago

John Potts is using a total station to map the site. Graves can be seen  as grey-ish stains in the soil. (Jill Showell/Edward Otter, Inc.)
Community

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.

7 years ago

Listen 1:19
American-African spiritual leader Father Divine smiles as he leads a parade of his followers from Harlem to the docks in New York, on Aug. 20, 1936, to board the paddle-steamer City of Kennsburg to take them on the first stage of their great trek to their new camp in Ulster County, New York State. (AP Photo)
The Why
Community

Father 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 0:00
Radio Times
Community

Jon 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

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The Uptown Theater, located at 2227 N. Broad Street, after the Marquee lighting on February 16, 2019. (Natalie Piserchio for WHYY)
Community

Why 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.

7 years ago

Listen 1:53
At Colonial Williamsburg's garden and nursery, which is open to guests, staff grow items that would have been found in gentry pleasure gardens: herbs, flowers and seasonal greens. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)
NPR
Lifestyle

Colonial 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.

7 years ago

In this Sept. 11, 2001 file photo, with the skeleton of the World Trade Center twin towers in the background, New York City firefighters work amid debris on Cortlandt St. after the terrorist attacks.  (Mark Lennihan/AP Photo, File)
Health

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.

7 years ago

Radio Times
Politics & Policy

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 49:29
(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Political 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 was left off the publication that eventually led to a Nobel Prize for her colleague. (The Conversation)
Science
The Conversation

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.

7 years ago

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.
NPR
Community

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.

7 years ago

Archaeologist Koji Iesaki holds a carved roof ornament excavated at the former site of the Jyokyo-ji temple in Kyoto. Iesaki and other archaeologists have their hands full, as a pre-Olympic building boom has helped reveal centuries-old artifacts from the city's long history. (Anthony Kuhn/NPR)
NPR
Community

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.

7 years ago

In this Tuesday, April 17, 2018, file photo, Dr. Bernadith Russell hugs a friend as the statue of Dr. J. Marion Sims, is removed from New York's Central Park. (Mark Lennihan/AP Photo, File)
Community

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.

7 years ago

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