Regina Campbell holds her paperwork for knocking on doors to tell residents about issues on the ballot in the fall, including a potential constitutional amendment on reproductive rights, in Pontiac, Mich., on August 6, 2022. Sarah Rice/The Washington Post via Getty Im hide caption
History
Wednesday
A special commission is reviewing military assets with names tied to the Confederacy at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point as well as other properties across the country. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption
People commemorate the 25th anniversary of the death of Lady Diana Spencer at the "Flamme de la Liberte" monument in Paris on Wednesday. Emmanuel Dunand/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Princess Diana showed the world how to use celebrity for good
Monday
Mount Swastika is located in a remote part of the Umpqua National Forest outside Eugene, Ore. Named after a local cattle ranch in the early 1900s, the mountain is not well-known in the state, until recently. The mountain will likely be renamed Mount Halo, after a local tribal leader. U.S. Geological Survey hide caption
Friday
A rare Chicago license plate is up for auction until Sunday. Donley Auctions hide caption
Thursday
Debbie Harry and Clem Burke, 14th Street, NYC, circa 1976. Courtesy of Chris Stein hide caption
Against the odds: How Blondie shattered the conventions of punk and pop
Tuesday
Adolf Hitler's aerial bombardment of the Soviet city of Stalingrad destroyed many of the city's roads and structures, which proved advantageous for the Soviet Union in urban warfare. Keystone/Getty Images hide caption
Sunday
A new exhibit in LA explores the complicated history of Black Cinema
Friday
Civil rights leader Clara Luper poses with a photograph from her scrapbooks at a community center in Oklahoma City, Okla., in August 1983. DLL/AP hide caption
How a history teacher and 13 Black students shaped the civil rights movement
Thursday
Jewish townspeople of the village of Nasielsk, Poland in 1938. Family Affair Films, US Holocaust Memorial Museum hide caption
'The Territory' and 'Three Minutes: A Lengthening' find cinematic hope in tragedy
People line up to receive the monkeypox vaccine. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Talking about monkeypox? Then you should be talking about sex
Monday
Sacheen Littlefeather appears at the Academy Awards ceremony to announce that Marlon Brando was declining his Oscar as best actor for his role in The Godfather, on March 27, 1973. AP hide caption