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Title	Author	Issue
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Women Finally Get Full Credit	Griffith, Elisabeth	November/December 2024
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Quiet Heroines: Nurses in Vietnam	Evans, Diane	November/December 2024
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) “The Die is Now Cast”	Ellis, Joseph	November/December 2024
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) The Night I Met Elvis	Wilkie, Curtis	November/December 2024
Wars of Annihilation	Hanson, Victor	November/December 2024
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) The Controversial Career of Col. Corcoran	Connor, Joseph	November/December 2024
Saved by The Poison Squad	Watson, Bruce	November/December 2024
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) Seeking the Unvarnished Truth	Bunch, Lonnie	Fall 2024
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) The Wilsonian Century	Mandelbaum, Michael	Fall 2024
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) FDR’s War of Words with Lindbergh	Sparrow, Paul	Fall 2024
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) The Tragedy of Emmett Till	Collins, Ronald	Fall 2024
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Standing Up for Voting	Rather, Dan	Fall 2024
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) The Museum of Democracy Finds a Home	Bleyer, Bill	Fall 2024
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Report from Cuba	Ackerman, Kenneth	Fall 2024
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Solving Our Political Disarray	Levin , Yuval	Fall 2024
Bruce Catton Recalls the Emotional 1913 Reunion at Gettysburg	Grosvenor, Edwin	Fall 2024
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Did the First Lady Advise the President Not to Run Again?	Sweig, Julia	Summer 2024
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Martha Gellhorn Gets Her Story on D-Day	Lancaster, Marc	Summer 2024
A Bicentennial Blitz for Lafayette	Reese, Elizabeth	Summer 2024
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) The Revolution Could Have Started Here	Thompson, Bob	Summer 2024
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Lafayette's Grand American Tour	Reese, Elizabeth	Summer 2024
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861) Two Years That Made the West	West, Elliott	Summer 2024
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) “This Is Not Frivolous, Mr. Chairman”	Woods Eisenberg, Carolyn	Summer 2024
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) “Let’s Face the Music and Dance ”	Snaith, Holley	Summer 2024
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) “Boston Harbor a Tea-pot This Night!”	Carp, Benjamin	Spring 2024
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) The Plight of Massachusetts Loyalists	Kerpelman, Larry	Spring 2024
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) The Mystery of Henry Wallace	Leebaert, Derek	Spring 2024
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Why Is the American Revolution So Important?	Warren, Jack	Spring 2024
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Salmon Chase Saves the Union	Stahr, Walter	Spring 2024
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Franklin Roosevelt Takes on Tammany Hall	Wolraich, Michael	Spring 2024
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Glover and the “Indispensables” Save Washington’s Army	O'Donnell, Patrick	Spring 2024
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Home of John Glover Threatened with Demolition	Schultz, Nancy	Spring 2024
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) Women March for the Vote	Griffith, Elisabeth	Spring 2024
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Save the Glover House!	Grosvenor, Edwin	Spring 2024
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Brutal Reckoning in the Creek War	Cozzens, Peter	Winter 2024
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Our Readers' Favorite Articles of 2023	Grosvenor, Edwin	Winter 2024
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) George Kennan Exposes Russian Cruelty in Siberia	Wallance, Gregory	Winter 2024
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Sam Holt, Pioneer of Public Broadcasting	Grosvenor, Edwin	Winter 2024
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861) Bicentennial of the Inn Where Chief McIntosh “Signed His Death Sentence”	Snaith, Holley	Winter 2024
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) A Day When Hope Died	Meyer, Eugene	Winter 2024
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Honoring the Incredible Sacrifice of the Sullivan Family	Grosvenor, Edwin	Winter 2024
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) Why Did Ruby Kill Oswald?	Griffin, Burt	Winter 2024
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861) The Mischievous Morris Sisters	McNeur, Catherine	Winter 2024
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) What Was a Woman Doing There?	Garrett, Wilbur	Fall 2023
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) “Killers of the Flower Moon” and a Hundred Years of Healing	Morton, Randall	Fall 2023
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Banneker’s Answer to Jefferson: “I Am an American”	Larson, Edward	Fall 2023
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) The Man Who Blew Himself Up	Talese, Gay	Fall 2023
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) Special Section: Women Journalists in Vietnam	Grosvenor, Edwin	Fall 2023
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) Why Do We Call It "America"?	Cohen, Jonathan	Fall 2023
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) Dickey Chapelle in the Fight	Rinehart, Lorissa	Fall 2023