The Post Reports: The Long March on Washington
We begin a series on the Post's civil rights reporting with original material from Martin Luther King Jr., James Meredith, Malcolm X, and other influential civil rights leaders and journalists.... More
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Will We Ever Fix Our Spelling?
English is nearly impossible to learn and even harder to spell. Attempts to fix it have met with derision, but that hasn’t stopped dreamers from... More
The End of Dot and Dash?
In its day, it made an even greater impact on America than the Internet. But now the telegraph is about to pass into history.... More
‘Coming Generations Will Call You Blessed’
An army surgeon writes of his gratitude to the civilian volunteers of the Sanitary Commission, seeing them as a sign that mankind has entered a... More
Little Women Among the Casualties
In 1863, the Post published Louisa May Alcott’s harrowing description of her work as a Civil War nurse. ... More
Where the Civil War was Won
How the Post covered the Battle of Gettysburg. ... More
Americans United to Support the Civil War Troops
Thousands of soldiers’ lives were saved by a special organization of volunteers. ... More
Scrambling for Troops
The news of the Confederates’ invasion inspired Philadelphia, panicked Harrisburg, and brought renewed attention to the draft.... More
Who Stole the American Dream?
The fortunate in this country carry on as ever before, blind to the suffering of the millions who struggle endlessly with poor health coverage, weak... More
Gettysburg 150 Years Later
Commemorate the 150th anniversary of the pivotal Civil War battle by reflecting on original reports and illustrations from The Saturday Evening Post.... More
The News from Gettysburg: A Hazardous Move
150 years ago, the Post hoped a state militia could defeat Gen. Robert E. Lee at Gettysburg.... More
The Double No-Hit Champion
In 1938, Cincinnati pitcher Johnny Vander Meer threw two no-hit games in a row. And it hasn't been done since.... More
What Happened to the American Dream?
The Post touches on the growing financial struggle of the middle class in these four archival pieces from 1934 to 1952–and it sounds a lot... More
The Kennedy-Wallace Showdown on Integration
The big story of 1963 was civil rights, and the challenges to Brown v. Board of Education.... More
1812: We Didn’t Give Up the Ship
While Captain James Lawrence couldn’t save the USS Chesapeake, his words still inspired a great victory in the War of 1812.... More
The Presidents and the Press
In light of the recent seizure of AP journalists' phone records, we examine more than 100 years of Post articles that reflect the changing relationship... More
