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The Homestead Act was born during troubled times in American History. It was passed during the Civil War, but just barely. Guest host Linda Wertheimer talks with Jonathan Earle, associate professor of history at the University of Kansas, about the act and its implications.

Creditors are going to lose up to 70 cents of every dollar they're owed by Jefferson County, Ala. The county earned the title of largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history after a sewer financing deal went awry.

If Braverman lets go of the sled, the dogs will race on without her. David Bianculli reviews Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time. Hannah-Jones tells a more inclusive version of history in The 1619 Project.

In the crime writer's world, every conspiracy theory you ever heard about the 1960s was true — and there are even more that you never knew.

The nation's first public pools were originally built to get rowdy, scantily clad youths out of rivers and lakes and away from the public eye. They eventually became hotbeds of social change. Historian Jeff Wiltse traces public pools' contentious history in Contested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in America.

The queen announced in a live New Year's television address that she's stepping down on Jan. 14. The queen's 52-year reign is the longest by a monarch in Danish history.

The teams are so new that they do not have nicknames — only cities. New York secured a 4-0 win over Toronto. New York's Ella Shelton made history by scoring the league's first goal.

Japanese snowboarder Hiroto Ogiwara and Italian skier Miro Tabanelli pulled off the six-and-a-half-rotation maneuver in competition for the first time in history.

The seaweed blobs are part of a 5,000-mile long bloom of algae known as sargassum. Blooms are common, but scientists say they're getting bigger — and this one might be the largest in history.

The seaweed blobs are part of a 5,000-mile long bloom of algae known as sargassum. Blooms are common, but scientists say they're getting bigger — and this one might be the largest in history.