Americans are divided on whether U.S. culture and way of life was better in the 1950s, with white Christians more likely to say it was, a new survey finds. Why it matters: Despite the segregation and ...

There is probably no other time in American history that is talked about as much as the 1950s. But, amid all the reminiscence and nostalgia, how much is truth and how much is rumor or inaccurate ...

The 1950s are often remembered as a golden era in America. It was an age of optimism, simplicity, and classic Americana. It was a time when families gathered around black-and-white televisions, ...

Many people nowadays romanticize life in the 1950s. For some people, it seems like life was simpler back then. While that may be true in some aspects, if you take a closer look at what life was like ...

Life changed a lot during the 1950s, but the year that started the decade was just scratching the surface of what the rest of the 1950s had in store. From soldiers leaving for the Korean War to ...

The 1950s was the start of Phoenix's journey to become a major American city. The prosperity the city saw during the '50s remains unmatched to this day. Phoenix was a farming town with an area of ...

From the trendy ankle-length swing prom dress style to the short poodle hairstyle, social and cultural influences in the 1950s shaped the teenage experience differently from that of today’s youth.

The post-WWII boom of the 1950s affected almost every corner of the country, from northern Michigan to Southern California. But few places were changed by the economic and cultural shifts as much as ...

What does Damn Yankees, a 1950s musical have to say to audiences in 2025? With its themes of selling your soul to the devil to get a win or power or beauty, quite a bit.

Helen, Lady Delves Broughton, who has died aged 95, was Britain’s youngest woman barrister in the early 1950s before giving up her promising career to marry Sir Evelyn Delves Broughton, 12th Bt.

One American family has been reunited with a decades-old memento of a loved one’s past. An old school building in League City, Texas, underwent renovations in the summer of 2021 to transform it into a ...

Data show that unidentified lights in archival astronomy images were 68% more likely to be imaged 24 hours after a nuclear ...