The Gilded Age (roughly 1870 to 1900) sounds like a golden era. The name, however, hints at something deeper—like cheap metal covered in a thin coat of gold paint. This period was a time of breathtaking innovation and crushing inequality. It’s when modern America...
Some years are quiet, fading into the history books without much noise. Then there is 1968. It was a year that felt like a decade, packed with enough tragedy, triumph, and chaos to rewrite the American story completely. From the jungles of Vietnam to...