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There were some 40 lynchings that took place in Maryland between the 1850's and the early 1930's. The state's Republican governor and Democratic state…

The majority of U.S. politicians are white men. This cycle, some states are poised to make history by electing female, LGBTQ, or Black governors for the first time.

Trevor Paglen discusses military black ops patches, which he's collected in a a new art and history book, I Could Tell You But Then You Would Have to Be Destroyed by Me.

Russia's Solovetsky Islands, less than 100 miles from the Arctic Circle, have become a popular tourist destination. Originally an outpost of the Orthodox Church, they later became home to a brutal prison. Now, islanders and church officials are battling for control.

Competitive eaters descend on Washington, D.C., to battle for a spot to compete in Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest on July Fourth in Coney Island, N.Y. What is the history of such events?

Wall Street investor Bernard Madoff is not the first person to be charged with carrying out a massive Ponzi scheme. Sometimes people call it "robbing Peter to pay Paul," or a shell game. Pyramid schemes are close relatives. By any name, the Ponzi scheme has a long and colorful history.

While readers may not share Edmund de Waal's obsession with the precious clay (at one point, he crafts an exhibition of 2,455 white-glazed porcelain vessels), his writing makes the subject seductive.

Anthony Marra's new book, The Tsar of Love and Techno, is a collection of stories playing out over nearly a century of change in Russia. He tells NPR he wants the book to function like a mixtape.

James Baldwin took a long, hard look at race and history in his major poem "Staggerlee Wonders." Baldwin was among the many poets who visited with public radio host Henry Lyman on Poems to a Listener.

The Bangarra Dance Theatre, Australia's leading indigenous dance company, performed Bush at New York's Brooklyn Academy of Music. NPR's Allison Keyes talks with the company's choreographer, Stephen Page.