Kennedys

Bridget the Grocer and the First American Kennedys

by Neal Thompson

The history of the Irish immigrant Kennedys has long focused on its prominent men. A new book looks to JFK's grandmother Bridget Murphy Kennedy as the foundation of the family and a neglected figure for understanding immigration, urban life, and the changing of American politics.

Hospital Donates Records of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis to JFK Library

Medical file and discharge summary discovered in 2009.

Robert F. Kennedy saw conspiracy in JFK’s assassination

RFK responded to his brother's assassination with crippling grief and growing suspicions.

‘November 22, 1963’

by Errol Morris

Josiah “Tink” Thompson returns to what has haunted him for 50 years: Frame #313 of the Zapruder film.

I Don't Care Who Killed JFK

by Peter Dreier

It really doesn't matter who killed the thirty-fifth president.

Lee Harvey Oswald Inside the Soviet Union [INTERVIEW]

by David Austin Walsh

Journalist Peter Savodnik discusses his new book, "The Interloper."

Dealey Plaza in Dallas to go quiet at time Kennedy was shot

Commemorations set to proceed in Washington and Dallas.

Is There More to the JFK Assassination?

by Larry J. Sabato

Just consider a few of the commission's flaws.

Kennedy's Legacy of Inspiration

by Robert Dallek

Fifty years after John F. Kennedy’s assassination, he remains an object of almost universal admiration.

Still Blaming Conservatives for Lee Harvey Oswald

by Daniel Pipes

Lee Harvey Oswald was a Marxist, so why does Dallas's conservative culture still get blamed for JFK's assassination?

A treasured letter from Jackie Kennedy

Marie Tippit, whose husband J.D. Tippit was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald, received a condolence letter from Jackie Kennedy.

The Single Best JFK Assassination Conspiracy Theory

by Jon Wiener

Joe Kennedy did it. Because, why not, right?

Minsk's fond memories of Lee Harvey Oswald

Surprisingly, Oswald still has friends in the Belorussian capital.

Angry words of '63 Dallas now part of mainstream

"We're heading into nut country."

Jack Ruby files revealed for first time in nearly 50 years

"CBS This Morning" combs through the Dallas County DA's files on Jack Ruby from his 1964 trial.

With medals and gravesite visit, Obama to honor JFK before 50th anniversary of assassination

Wednesday’s day of tributes starts at the White House.

A New Film Life of President John F. Kennedy [INTERVIEW]

by Robin Lindley

Director Susan Bellows on the PBS documentary "JFK."

Footage of Death Plays On in Memory

Abraham Zapruder and the evolution of film.

The City With a Death Wish in Its Eye

by James McAuley

Dallas's role in Kennedy's murder.

Was JFK Really a Conservative?

by Ronald Radosh

Where was John F. Kennedy on the ideological spectrum?