History

Special correspondent Lee Hawkins shares his experience finding new family with online genetics tests — and reconciling fraught history.

Rising costs have long been a concern for Americans. What's changed is how the government intervenes in prices, economist Carola Binder writes.

"Part of the reason they've succeeded this long is that they work fine," says Jordan Frith, a Clemson professor and author of "Barcode."

When Queen Nefertiti's bust was revealed to the world in 1920's, she caused a commotion in the fashion and beauty industry. "You would see hair salons, for example, in America have replicas of her bust in their windows," said journalist and author Zahra Hankir.

A conversation about the life and legacy of economist Milton Friedman with historian Jennifer Burns.

The first Labor Day parade took place in 1882. Historian Allyson Brantley says there are notable parallels between that moment and today.

"The first digital use of the transistor for consumers was in a calculator," says Rick Bensene, curator of the Old Calculator Web Museum.

In the 1690s, women were hanged in Salem, Massachusetts on suspicion of witchcraft. Now, it's a witchy Mecca for tourists.

The locations of the regional banks made sense for the economy of 1913. Populations and industries have shifted since then.

The partnership is meant to help preserve important historical records of Black Americans' lives.