History

The Ghost Army was kept a secret for decades after the war.

University of Iowa professor Jerry Schnoor gives the world a D in its response to climate change, based on the findings of a recent UN report.

The first Black woman to graduate from Grinnell College continues to touch lives.

The Ames History Museum is ready to reopen after a years-long, $4.5 million expansion and renovation. It now has five times more exhibit gallery space, a special collections room and an event space.

The history of Iowa hasn’t changed, but our understanding of it continues to deepen and evolve.

The city of Cedar Rapids is home to more people of Czech and Slovak heritage than any other city in the world outside of the Czech Republic or Slovakia.

Profs and Pints, an organization based in Washington, D.C. partners with colleges to put on academic lectures that are open to the public. Iowa City will hold a lecture on witch hunts Oct. 22.

A newly independent Nigeriais the setting for author Afabwaje Kurian's debut novel.

A new Iowa PBS documentary tells the story of the 30 days organizers had to prepare for Pope John Paul II's visit to Iowa in 1979.

A presidential historian puts recent protests in a historical context.