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Pioneering transgender activist and journalist Monica Roberts died this week. She paved the way for mainstream reporting on transgender people and inspired countless transgender journalists.

Sporting a buzz haircut, Andrew Chris wore combat boots and camouflage long before enlisting in the U.S. Army. He loved reading books about World War II and dreamed of teaching history. But the Army Ranger was killed last month, just a few days after arriving in Iraq, when the convoy he was leading was attacked. Visit an online memorial to Chris.

The new exhibit space built into the memorial's long-hidden "undercroft" will explore the history of President Lincoln and the monument that honors him. Construction is expected to finish in 2026.

The 14-year-old was killed by two white men in 1955 after a white woman accused him of flirting with her. The medal will be on display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Thucydides' account of the war between Athens and Sparta has become an allegory of modern conflicts like the Cold War, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. But a new book about the ancient historian shows he may not quite have been telling the truth.

History buffs and tourists get a chance to go 2,300 feet underground to visit a historic mine in Minnesota.

Hamilton was the most award-winning YA author in American literary history, and the first Black author to win a Newbery Medal. A new collection showcases five of her most haunting novels.

Historians in India have expressed outrage over changes in 12th grade textbooks. Critics see this as an attempt to appropriate the government's pro-Hindu agenda.

The National Gallery of Art and four Smithsonian museums have reopened in Washington, D.C., but not fully. Some are only open five days a week and their hours are reduced.

During an earlier speech in the former Soviet Republic of Latvia, President Bush said that America played a role in the suffering of Eastern Europe following World War II. He blamed concessions made by President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the 1945 Yalta summit. Host Steve Inskeep talks to Daniel Hamilton of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies about the history behind the President Bush's unexpected comments.