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Black voters and activists in Savannah, Ga., where Revered Rafael Warnock grew up, are celebrating his historic victory over the GOP challenger in one of the state's Senate runoff elections.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Allan Lichtman, professor of history at American University, about his prediction model and the vagaries of polling.

Einstein and Gandhi have been operatic subjects for Philip Glass. His list of great leaders expands with a brand-new opera Appomattox, a Civil War story featuring lead roles for Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant.

If reelected, Trump would only be the second president to serve non-consecutive terms after Grover Cleveland in the late 1800s. Here's a look at how that happened — and who else has tried.

Mapping Paintings is an open source website that allows users to map out the path and history of a piece of art. Scott Simon talks with Jodi Cranston, professor of art history at Boston University.

Author Aravind Adiga was not interested in stuffy classics or long, drawn-out historical accounts. But Edmund Wilson's history of socialism, To the Finland Station, proved to be anything but dull — it's electrifying.

A documentary crew with the History Channel initially made the discovery during a dive looking for World War II-era wreckage.

In the wake of the French explusion of several U.S. diplomats accused f spying, NPR Senior News analyst Daniel Schorr reveals the history of spionage between France and the United States.

NPR's Wade Goodwyn explores the history and future of Cadillac Heights, one of Dallas' poorest and most neglected neighborhoods.

Musical History is being made in Wales with the performace of the first Japanese male choir singing in Japanese. The BBC's Tim Hersh reports.