October 12, 2026
Shirley Chisholm: How a Brooklyn Organizer Opened a New Door in American Politics
Before she became the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress, Shirley Chisholm learned how to turn neighborhood work…
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October 12, 2026
Mary W. Jackson: How a NASA Engineer Made Spaceflight More Open to Women
Before NASA sent people to the Moon, Mary W. Jackson fought through segregated classrooms, technical barriers, and workplace limits to…
October 12, 2026
Prescott’s Courthouse Plaza: The City’s History Still Has a Front Porch
At the center of Prescott, Courthouse Plaza is more than a historic landmark. It remains a public space where the…
October 9, 2026
Ancient Footprints in Arizona: How Backyard Tracks Predating Dinosaurs Open a Window on Deep Time
When an Arizona property owner noticed distinct impressions preserved in stone, the discovery opened a direct link to creatures that…
October 8, 2026
Tennessee’s Botched Execution Reopens Questions About Arizona’s Lethal Injection Past
A troubled execution in Tennessee has drawn renewed attention to Arizona's own long and contested history with lethal injection, a…
September 30, 2026
Yavapai County Resolution Highlights Stormwater Recharge and Watershed Health
The Yavapai County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution recognizing stormwater infiltration and recharge as important to local aquifers, rivers…
September 30, 2026
Copper Basin Road Work Begins Near Prescott
Yavapai County says work began September 28 to pave the remaining dirt section of Copper Basin Road between existing pavement…
September 29, 2026
The Barcode: How a Pattern of Lines Changed Everyday Commerce
The humble barcode turned a checkout problem into a worldwide information system, linking ordinary products to prices, inventories, recalls, and…
September 27, 2026
The Fire Next Time: How James Baldwin Made Two Essays Feel Like a National Conversation
Published in 1963, James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time joined an intimate letter to his nephew with a searching examination…
September 26, 2026
The Terracotta Army: How a Well Dig Revealed China’s Buried Imperial Guard
In 1974, farmers near Xi’an broke through fragments of clay while digging a well. What emerged was one of archaeology’s…
September 26, 2026
Sutton Hoo: How an English Hillside Revealed a Lost Kingdom
In 1939, an amateur archaeologist opened a Suffolk burial mound and found a ship, royal treasures, and a new way…
September 26, 2026
Lascaux: How Four Teenagers Found an Ice Age Gallery
In 1940, four teenagers and a dog followed a hole in the French countryside and uncovered one of humanity’s most…
September 26, 2026
The Dead Sea Scrolls: How a Cave Discovery Recovered Ancient Voices
Found near the Dead Sea in 1947, the scrolls transformed the study of Judaism, the Hebrew Bible, and life in…
September 26, 2026
The Rosetta Stone: How a Broken Stele Opened Ancient Egypt’s Written World
Found by soldiers near Egypt’s Mediterranean coast in 1799, the Rosetta Stone gave scholars the comparisons they needed to read…
September 26, 2026
Tutankhamun’s Tomb: How a Hidden Burial Reopened Ancient Egypt to the World
When Howard Carter entered KV62 in 1922, he found more than a royal burial. The tomb’s extraordinary contents gave modern…
September 26, 2026
The Antikythera Mechanism: How a Shipwreck Revealed the Ancient World’s Mechanical Cosmos
Recovered from a Roman-era shipwreck, the Antikythera Mechanism showed that ancient Greek engineers could build a compact device to track…
September 26, 2026
KDKA: How One Pittsburgh Broadcast Helped Turn Radio Into Everyday Life
In November 1920, a small Westinghouse station in Pittsburgh sent election returns through the air. The experiment helped reveal that…
September 26, 2026
The 1960 Presidential Debates: How Television Changed the Political Image
Before 1960, Americans mostly encountered presidential candidates through speeches, newspapers, and radio. The first televised debates introduced a new measure…
September 26, 2026
Sesame Street: How a Neighborhood on Television Made Learning Feel Like Belonging
When Sesame Street premiered in 1969, its creators joined child development research, public television and playful puppetry to build a…
September 26, 2026
Freedom’s Journal: How America’s First Black Newspaper Made Self-Representation a Public Duty
In 1827, Freedom’s Journal gave Black New Yorkers a paper of their own—and made a lasting argument for who had…