/history History en-US Copyright Mon, 28 Apr 2025 16:05:00 GMT /history/2025-04-28/underground-history-sonic-debris For most of us, there is a soundtrack to our lives. Songs from our childhoods, our weddings, or the background for the big and small events, parties, and road trips that shape us. Music is inherently ephemeral, and often only made available to archaeologists via ancient instruments or illustrations, but archaeological investigations from a former commune in Northern California have provided an exciting opportunity to explore the “sonic debris” from the mid-20th century. Mon, 28 Apr 2025 16:05:00 GMT /history/2025-04-28/underground-history-sonic-debris Chelsea Rose /history/npr-news/2022-04-01/april-fools-day-might-be-the-worlds-longest-running-joke-no-one-knows-how-it-began The true history of April Fools' has been a mystery for ages. The theories around its origin story have involved everything from Roman gods and fake popes to the Gregorian calendar and gullible fish. Tue, 01 Apr 2025 10:43:26 GMT /history/npr-news/2022-04-01/april-fools-day-might-be-the-worlds-longest-running-joke-no-one-knows-how-it-began Jeff Dean /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-03-07/northwest-forest-plan-has-left-a-lasting-legacy-despite-falling-short The Northwest Forest Plan lays out how to manage millions of acres across Washington, Oregon and Northern California. But the scientists behind the plan say it hasn’t been very successful. It cost thousands of timber industry jobs and failed to protect vulnerable species. Now that the government is reconsidering it, the scientists reflect on what was considered the best option 31 years ago. Fri, 07 Mar 2025 14:22:00 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-03-07/northwest-forest-plan-has-left-a-lasting-legacy-despite-falling-short Roman Battaglia /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2025-03-03/tues-9-40-the-past-and-future-of-jacksonvilles-historic-u-s-hotel March is Women's History Month and Jacksonville has a month-long celebration, including a spotlight on the woman who once owned the historic U.S. Hotel. Mon, 03 Mar 2025 18:01:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2025-03-03/tues-9-40-the-past-and-future-of-jacksonvilles-historic-u-s-hotel Mike Green, Natalie Golay /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2024-06-28/mon-9-25-a-big-change-in-thinking-the-klansmans-son A big change in thinking: 'The Klansman's Son' Mon, 10 Feb 2025 18:02:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2024-06-28/mon-9-25-a-big-change-in-thinking-the-klansmans-son The ɫèapp Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2025-02-10/tues-9-40-high-desert-museum-exhibit-features-japanese-photographer-of-native-americans Frank S. Matsura focused his lens and his life on Native Americans. Now a book is being published about him by Washington State professor Michael Hollomon. Mon, 10 Feb 2025 18:01:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2025-02-10/tues-9-40-high-desert-museum-exhibit-features-japanese-photographer-of-native-americans Mike Green, Natalie Golay /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2025-02-04/wed-9-09-the-scars-of-colonialism-in-the-archaeological-record-of-the-pnw Underground History digs deep into the colonial past of the Pacific Northwest. Tue, 04 Feb 2025 20:25:05 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2025-02-04/wed-9-09-the-scars-of-colonialism-in-the-archaeological-record-of-the-pnw Chelsea Rose /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2024-05-06/tue-9-40-new-book-celebrates-work-of-photographer-who-documented-asian-americans Corky Lee's Asian America: Fifty Years of Photographic Justice. Columbia University history professor Mae Ngai, is one of the book's editors. Mon, 03 Feb 2025 18:01:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2024-05-06/tue-9-40-new-book-celebrates-work-of-photographer-who-documented-asian-americans The ɫèapp Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2025-01-31/mon-9-am-archaeologists-reunite-wildfire-survivors-with-deceased-loved-ones The Alta Heritage Foundation sends trained dogs and archaeologists to homes burnt by wildfires to recover cremains left inside. There is never a cost to the families. Fri, 31 Jan 2025 18:03:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2025-01-31/mon-9-am-archaeologists-reunite-wildfire-survivors-with-deceased-loved-ones Chelsea Rose /business-and-labor/2025-01-25/50-years-in-the-woods-how-oregons-forestry-workforce-has-evolved Since the 1970s, billions of dollars in federal contracts have gone to forestry work like replanting trees or fuels reduction. Oregon has long been a center for businesses getting those contracts. But that industry looked a lot different 50 years ago. Sat, 25 Jan 2025 15:53:41 GMT /business-and-labor/2025-01-25/50-years-in-the-woods-how-oregons-forestry-workforce-has-evolved Justin Higginbottom