History A record label is reissuing the 'oldest country record in existence' A small record label is reissuing what it calls the first country record. The music was first released in 1891 on a wax cylinder. And the singer on the album was a Black man from New Orleans. Jordan-Marie Smith Patrick Jarenwattananon
Politics Biden isn't the first president to pardon a relative. Here's how the power works Biden is now the third president to pardon a relative, after Bill Clinton and Donald Trump. Here's a look at the commonplace — yet often controversial — presidential power. Rachel Treisman
History Reflecting on Thanksgivings from a 19th century childhood In this story from the archives that first ran on All Things Considered in 1971, an elderly woman from Ohio reflects on Thanksgiving memories from her childhood.
History How do you re-create the voice of a 15th century king? Dig up his skeleton When Richard III's skeleton was found under a parking lot in England in 2012, it was an exciting enough discovery for the general public, but a game-changer for Yvonne Morley-Chisholm. Kathryn Fink Patrick Wood
History The woman who pushed to make Thanksgiving a national holiday When Abraham Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863, he was thinking about the Civil War. And so was the woman who had lobbied for Thanksgiving for years. Rund Abdelfatah Ramtin Arablouei
Politics The price America paid for its first big immigration crackdown The Chinese Exclusion Act was the first significant crackdown on immigration in American history. We explore the factors that led to the Act and examine what happened to the economy after it passed. Greg Rosalsky
Science Ocean explorers hoped they photographed Amelia Earhart's plane. Turns out it's a rock Earhart, her navigator and their plane disappeared during their attempted 1937 circumnavigation of the globe. A deep sea exploration company thought it might have solved the mystery, but it lives on. Rachel Treisman
Politics The history of one of Washington's weirdest traditions: the turkey pardon The history of the presidential turkey pardon is often misremembered. Here are the fowl facts. Domenico Montanaro
Politics America's first major immigration crackdown and the making and breaking of the West Chinese immigrants sacrificed to create America's first transcontinental railroad. Its completion may have contributed to a backlash that led to the first major immigration clampdown in U.S. history. Greg Rosalsky