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As the Trump administration tries to rewrite the history of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, a new NPR investigative project is preserving evidence of the crimes committed that day.

Herman Boyd Brings the Genres and Instruments Together

Jen Pawol will make history by becoming the first woman to umpire a Major League Baseball game. Here's a look at other female officials who were the first on the floor, court or the field in prominent men's leagues.

Since the mid-1700s, researchers have classified life with scientific names. But some of them have problematic histories and connotations. The botanical community is trying to tackle this issue.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Laura Morowitz, art history professor at Wagner College, about the incredible back story behind a Gustav Klimt painting that set a record at auction.

While some of the first 43 presidents have become larger-than-life figures, others are all but forgotten. In a new collection called Of Great and Mortal Men, songwriters Christian Kiefer, Jefferson Pitcher and Matthew Gerken have composed original songs that span three CDs and more than 220 years of American history.