Jeff Nilsson

The chilling loneliness of her death prompted a wave of self-examination across the country: How could her neighbors stand by while a young woman was brutally murdered, screaming for help that it seemed everyone refused to give?

Before Orson Welles’ notorious Halloween broadcast of “The War of the Worlds,” the press had been enamored with the child prodigy.

There are a lot of compelling reasons to ditch the penny. Here are seven of them.

To celebrate Popular Delusion Day, we dispel some delusions about history.

In 1914, the Children’s Bureau warned mothers not bathe their babies on the stove. Modern parents might find some of their other advice dubious.

How long has there been a minimum wage, and is Congress planning on raising it anytime soon?

On March 12, 1947, President Truman asked Congress for money to help other countries fight communist aggression. His request became the unofficial start of the Cold War.

Native Americans’ tortuous legal path to citizenship and the right to vote continues to this day.

The Post published a lot of noir short stories in the 1940s, and found the right artists to illustrate this sinister genre perfectly.

If Americans spend more on medical care than any nation on earth, why don’t we live longer?

Clashes over copyrights and labor disputes in the 1940s shaped the style, content, and length of today’s popular music.

An aspiring fraud put in years of hard work to become a nobleman — and still failed.

In 1907, the Post asked its readers to weigh in on who was a bigger menace: The Wall Street trusts and monopolies, or the president who busted them.

Corporations have spent millions to change their names, hoping to become fresh and likeable, with all memory of past mistakes and frauds forgotten.

In the September/October issue of The Saturday Evening Post, you’ll find a feature on the grand and storied Hearst Castle, an ode to the peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and much more.

The drink’s revised name might have referred to the seven ingredients in the drink, but the word “Up” would have referred to the lift that its lithium salts gave consumers.

At one time, men wore suits in somber colors, long-sleeved shirts with rigid, detachable collars, ties, and vests. Why and when did more casual clothes take over?

Skynyrd and scams, critters and comics, PB&J and BO – what didn’t we cover this year?

In 1964, both critics and congressmen questioned the use and accuracy of TV surveys. Yet, shows continued to live and die by the Nielsen numbers.

The crime rate has declined dramatically, but why? And why do most people think it’s going up?