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Competing celebrations

WASHINGTON MEMO | Dueling committees vie for America’s semiquincentennial attention

MASTERWORKS | The legacy George Washington wished to leave his country

Fifty years after America’s bicentennial Freedom Train toured the nation, a fleet of traveling museums is taking the story of America’s founding on the road for the 250th.

History Book: Sixty years after Miranda v. Arizona, the familiar warning remains woven into American policing, popular culture, and debates over the limits of police power. WORLD's Mary Muncy reports.


Recent

Astronaut Barry Wilmore spent nine unexpected months in space, relying on years of training and a deeply practiced faith when emergencies left little room for error. WORLD’s Todd Vician reports.

From Albania to Greece, Dan Wallace has spent decades tracking down Greek New Testament manuscripts and putting them online for anyone willing to investigate the evidence. WORLD’s Jenny Rough reports.

At 102 years old, Walter Bingham has lived through Nazi Germany, the Kindertransport, and the beaches of Normandy—and he sees troubling parallels between the 1930s and today. Now the world's oldest working journalist, he urges Jews around the world to come to Israel while they still can.

The fear of becoming a burden shapes how many people think about aging, illness, and death. WORLD commentator Janie B. Cheaney argues that dependence is not a failure of human dignity but part of the way God designed us to live.

CNN’s launch changed more than television. It helped create a world where news never sleeps and deadlines never end. WORLD’s Lindsay Mast has the WORLD History Book.

The WORLD History Book: The death of a Cincinnati Zoo gorilla prompted an outrage that transformed Harambe into something larger than the event itself. WORLD’s Maria Baer reports.