Theodore Roosevelt

A US Marine takes a gasp of air while loading humanitarian goods into helicopter as part of relief efforts in the Philippines following Super Typhoon Haiyan in 2013.

What do American troops have to do with medical emergencies? A lot

Conflict

President Obama has deployed 3,000 troops to combat Ebola in West Africa. That may seem like a stretch for a group of people who aren’t medical experts, but the US military has a long history of stepping into humanitarian crises – and can add real value to aid efforts.

Obama invokes Roosevelt’s ‘Square Deal’ in preview of 2012 campaign

Global Politics

U.S. House endorses ‘In God We Trust’ — but what’s its history?

Global Politics

Obama and the arts

Arts, Culture & Media

Blogger Wu Heng, A Champion of Food Safety in China

Conflict & Justice

Walking the Brooklyn Bridge with David McCullough

Historian  David McCullough  is known for his biographies of monumental American figures: John Adams, Theodore Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman. But McCullough second book, published in 1972, explored American history not through the eyes of a Founding Father or a President, but through one of the most important public works projects of all time: the Brooklyn Bridge. McCullough […]

An Infamous Dinner: Washington, Roosevelt and Race in America

In November 2008, as Sen. John McCain conceded the presidency to Barack Obama, McCain commented on the historic nature of Obama’s election with a reference to an infamous White House dinner: “A century ago, President Theodore Roosevelt’s invitation of Booker T. Washington to dine at the White House was taken as an outrage in many […]

President Obama Invokes Teddy Roosevelt in Kansas Speech

President Obama called for a  shoring up of the country’s middle class  and criticized the concentration of wealth in the U.S. during a speech Tuesday in Osawatomie, Kansas. The town was the site of Theodore Roosevelt’s famous “New Nationalism” speech, which, a century earlier touched upon many of the same themes as President Obama’s address. But Obama’s […]

The World

How a heat wave helped make a president

Arts, Culture & Media

The heat wave of 1896 was one of the worst natural disasters of the late 19th century, but it’s largely forgotten. In his new book, ‘Hot Time in the Old Town,’ political historian Edward Kohn writes about this historical event.

The World

Timoth Egan and ‘The Big Burn’

Environment

We talk with Pulizer Prize?winning author Timothy Egan about his new book, ‘The Big Burn,’ on the huge forest fire back in 1910 that blazed through forests in Washington, Idaho and Montana.