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Host Bob Edwards talks with Karen O'Connor, political science professor and director of the Women and Politics Institute at American University, about widows appointed to Congress in place of their deceased husbands. Jean Carnahan said she would represent Missouri in the US Senate, if her late husband, Mel Carnahan, gets the most votes on Tuesday, and the acting governor appoints her. 44 widows have served in the House and Senate since the 1920s.

The Title X restrictions proposed by the Trump administration are modeled after a similar policy from the Reagan era. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Florida State University law professor Mary Ziegler about the history of this policy.

While most history courses start with the beginning of human civilization, roughly 10,000 years ago, Big History starts with the Big Bang. Humans don't get mentioned until halfway into the course.

In their next installment of The History of Democracy, Tracy Ross and David Pizzo, Murray State professor of history, discuss fascist movements throughout…

From kitschy miniatures to priceless gem-studded figurines, charm bracelets reveal a lot about the people who wear them. In her new book, Charmed Bracelets, jewelry designer Tracey Zabar explores the enduring appeal of the jingly adornment. Zabar talks with NPR's Jacki Lyden.

By Associated PressNashville, TN – Over 240 students will compete tomorrow in Nashville in the Tennessee History Day contest. The 6th through 12th grade…

In the first of a four part series on the gap between rich and poor in America, NPR's Margot Adler reports on the history of inequality in this country. She reports that America has always believed in political equality, but not necessarily economic equality. The income gap, which has risen and fallen at various times in U.S. history, has been widening for the last two decades.

Noah takes a look at the long history of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads, whose merger was approved today by federal authorities. This is not the first time that the two companies have attempted a merger.

Susan Stamberg talks with Pulitzer Prize winning biographer Robert Caro about Trent Lott's place in senate leader history.

By Chad LampeMurray, KY – The first feature in a WKMS spotlight of Marshall County. Click the "Listen" icon above to hear Chad Lampe's interview with Dr.…