The 2004 presidential race would be the first fully Fox News election—a contest that was framed by Fox, and fought... more

As Fox News gathered strength, progressive activists turned to comedian Al Franken and fledgling online communities to punch back. But... more

After 9/11, the Fox News Channel rallied a huge portion of the country around the Bush administration’s vision of the... more

For a decade and a half, CNN was peerless and ambitious, and it understood its place in the world. At... more

Before he ran Fox News, Roger Ailes launched a very different kind of channel. America’s Talking was his vision of... more

When the Fox News Channel launched in 1996, critics called it disorganized, incompetent, and laughably inept. But it wouldn’t be... more

For the two years leading up to May 21, 1979, gay activists followed the rules. They engaged in civil debates.... more

On election night in 1978, gays and lesbians in California braced themselves for the statewide vote on Proposition 6. Less... more

As Election Day approached, the campaign to defeat Proposition 6 faced formidable odds. John Briggs’ fundraising juggernaut was churning out... more

In the early days of the anti-Briggs campaign, a Richard Pryor comedy set turned into a public fiasco and laid... more

After decades of wandering and job-hopping, Harvey Milk found his purpose as a gay community leader with growing political ambitions.... more

In 1977, John Briggs was a small-time state senator with big dreams. But Briggs’ plan to ban gay and lesbian... more

The new season of Slate's Slow Burn continues a story you heard on the very first episode of One Year:... more

Before 1990, there had never been a documented case of a patient getting HIV from a health care worker. Kimberly... more

Robert Mapplethorpe was one of the most famous photographers in the world—and one of the most controversial. When his work... more

In March 1990, a story broke that shocked the nation: George H.W. Bush had banned broccoli from Air Force One.... more

A middle-aged single dad in Chicago was outraged by all the cigarette billboards popping up in Black communities. In 1990,... more

Pizza Hut’s adventure in the Soviet Union was unlike any restaurant opening before or since. It involved a fleet of... more

Coming Wednesday Nov. 22, the sixth season of One Year covers 1990. It was a year when a controversial art... more

Ten years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, 25 women who’d been disfigured by the blast came to the United... more