John F. Kennedy

Foto en Blanco y negro del Presidente Kennedy y su esposa rodeados de musicos.

La conquista del voto latino en las elecciones presidenciales: Una historia de larga data

En su apuesta por la Casa Blanca en 1960, la campaña presidencial de John F. Kennedy atrajo a los latinos, que fueron esencialmente ignorados por otros candidatos. Él fue un visionario al reconocer a los votantes latinos como una fuerza creciente en la política estadounidense.

La conquista del voto latino en las elecciones presidenciales: Una historia de larga data
Musicians sit on a stage in blue lighting

Azoreans long for family abroad with this double-hearted instrument

Azoreans long for family abroad with this double-hearted instrument
An elderly white man in front of a white background

Khrushchev’s son recalls Sputnik, Gagarin ascent in US-Soviet space race

Khrushchev’s son recalls Sputnik, Gagarin ascent in US-Soviet space race
The Apollo 11 Lunar Module is shown in the nearground with the moon's surface below it and Earth shown in the distance.

12 lesser-known facts about the Apollo 11 mission

12 lesser-known facts about the Apollo 11 mission
Jimmy Carter sitting down with several women standing behind him

In 2019, women’s rights are still not explicitly recognized in US Constitution

In 2019, women’s rights are still not explicitly recognized in US Constitution
Daniela Mack and Matthew Worth as John and Jackie Kennedy in the new opera “JFK”  (Nine Photography )

This opera explores JFK's last night alive

The guys who brought you heavy-metal opera "Dog Days" just made an opera about the night before JFK's assassination

This opera explores JFK's last night alive
Clyde Foster analyzing data for NASA

How JFK made NASA his secret weapon in the fight for civil rights in America

NASA's black engineers, mathematicians and technicians didn't just help American win the space race, they also played a key role in reshaping the American South.

How JFK made NASA his secret weapon in the fight for civil rights in America
Jeanne-Paule-Marie Deckers aka The Singing Nun

Here's the music that Americans wanted to hear after JFK's death

A simple song, sung in French, was exactly what the nation wanted after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Here is the music and the "Singing Nun" who become a short-lived global star.

Here's the music that Americans wanted to hear after JFK's death

What might have happened if Kennedy had lived?

The Cuban missile crisis had an epilogue that few know — the Kennedy administration was in secret talks with Cuba around a reconciliation. In current news, several women in London have been held in slavery for years, Europe contemplates its own NSA-proof cloud computing facility, and we visit Ford Nation — the Toronto mayor's fans who insist they'll vote for him again. All that and more, in today's Global Scan.

What might have happened if Kennedy had lived?
COSAT student

School Year Blog: What do South African kids know about JFK?

We recently asked high school students in Cape Town, South Africa, this question: Who was JFK? Here is what they said.

School Year Blog: What do South African kids know about JFK?
Vladimir Zhidovich

Here's a rare glimpse of JFK's assassin, from his co-workers in Minsk, Belarus

The man who shot JFK in Dallas — Lee Harvey Oswald — first defected to the former Soviet Union and worked in a factory in Minsk. He married there and was under the watchful eye of Soviet intelligence, before he decided to return to the US. His former co-workers remember him fondly and refuse to believe he shot President Kennedy.

Here's a rare glimpse of JFK's assassin, from his co-workers in Minsk, Belarus

U.S.-Russia hotline celebrates 50th anniversary

For 50 years, the hotline between Washington, D.C., and Moscow has helped protect the peace and avoid nuclear confrontation. But the popular image of a red telephone on the president's desk is actually a far cry from what the hotline really is.

U.S.-Russia hotline celebrates 50th anniversary

Closing the Gaping Gender-Based Wage Gap

Closing the Gaping Gender-Based Wage Gap

The Unofficial, Crowd-Sourced Inaugural Poem

The Unofficial, Crowd-Sourced Inaugural Poem

President Lyndon Johnson's Legacy Ahead of Barack Obama's Second Inaugural

President Lyndon Johnson's Legacy Ahead of Barack Obama's Second Inaugural