The Washington garden party might have changed the course of World War II — if the British ambassador’s wife had been more diplomatic with the guest list. The June 1939 visit of King George VI, the ...

STANLEY, our indomitable fieldworker, reported in from the World’s Fair this week, having just taken a preview trip through the Theme Center. He was escorted by Mr. Dudley Brit-ton, of Publicity, who ...

My grandmother’s childhood in Weimar Germany was, at least as she described it, idyllic. She grew up in Grunewald, a leafy section of Berlin, swimming and boating in the district’s many lovely lakes.

An immersive account of how the inhabitants of a liberal city – including the author’s father – survived fascism In December 1941, the Nazi authorities received a letter from a soldier complaining ...

Luc Haasbroek is a writer and videographer from Durban, South Africa. He has been writing professionally about pop culture for eight years. Luc's areas of interest are broad: he's just as passionate ...

Source: Frederick W. Kent Collection, University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa In the late 1930s, as fascism consolidated power in Europe and democracy braced for its greatest stress test, three ...

ST. LOUIS — Schnuck Markets announced major leadership changes Tuesday, naming Ted Schnuck as chief operating officer (COO) and David Bell as president of the company’s new parent organization, 1939 ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

More than 70 years later and the world is still far from reaching the technological and architectural utopia depicted at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Touted as "Building the World of Tomorrow," the ...

We take a close look at Donald Trump’s campaign and racist rally at Madison Square Garden with filmmaker Marshall Curry, who attended the rally and also directed the short film A Night at the Garden, ...

Madison Square Garden, as speakers at Donald Trump’s Sunday night rally in the arena were eager to remind the audience, is one of the most famous venues in the world. It’s where two professional ...