Boston church honors enslaved people held by members of the congregation A Boston church along the city's Freedom Trail has unveiled a monument to the more than 200 slaves once held by members of the congregation. Meghan H Smith
Shipwreck hunters find SS James Carruthers at bottom of Lake Huron Shipwreck hunters found the SS James Carruthers, a wheat-carrying cargo ship that sank in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. It's belly up in the bed of Lake Huron. Hosts
How the Rhone and other rivers were used in ancient times They developed a computer model that estimates how easily Roman and Celtic travelers navigated rivers thousands of years ago. Justine Kenin
Leni Riefenstahl made movies for Hitler. A new documentary digs through her archives Adolf Hitler commissioned filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl to make propaganda about Nazi Germany. She lived to be 101 years old and denied knowing about the Holocaust. Daniel Jonah Wolpert
Amid debate about U.S. history, Harlem Hellfighters receive Congressional Gold Medal The Harlem Hellfighters, who became legends for their service during World War I, were honored this week with a Congressional Gold Medal. Alana Wise
Four Democratic senators urge Smithsonian to resist White House attempts to 'bully the institution' Sen. Alex Padilla of California and three other Democrats are reminding the Smithsonian's secretary that the institution "is the responsibility of Congress." Anastasia Tsioulcas
How 'Sesame Street' got its start NPR's history show, Throughline, takes us back to 1969 and the creation of the children's TV show Sesame Street.
Hitler's bunker is now just a parking lot. But it's a 'dark tourism' attraction anyway Why evil histories sell. A visit to Hitler's bunker, and a deep dive into the economics and ethical quandaries of "dark tourism." Greg Rosalsky
'Founders Museum' from White House and PragerU blurs history, AI-generated fiction Historians say it's good to highlight America's founders, but the project takes too narrow a view of history. Kristian Monroe