Retro Report

Shifting objectives led to the expansion of a war that dragged on for almost two decades, and is ending in chaos.

Proposals giving tenants the right to purchase their building are being revived as the coronavirus puts renters at risk.

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci grappled with another health crisis decades ago. What he told Retro Report about the effort against AIDS could apply to the battle against the coronavirus.

The Kerner commission left scant doubt that it regarded white racism as the tinder igniting the 1960s riots.

Americans looking to cut back on meat are following a movement forged by a groundbreaking book, ‘Diet for a Small Planet.’

Automatic braking and lane-departure warnings are on the road, but a lot of work remains before self-driving cars become a reality.

At the time of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission in the 1960s, some Americans had reservations about the wisdom of reaching for the stars when troubles swelled on Earth.

A horrifying mass shooting that unfolded onscreen in real time has become a recurring nightmare with a well-worn script.

It’s an old ritual with a new twist: Walk a suspect in handcuffs past a fevered crowd armed with cameras and microphones. Even Mother Teresa would look bad.

The activist folk singer Victor Jara was murdered in the days after a 1973 coup that brought Gen. Augusto Pinochet to power. A quest for his killers led to a Florida courtroom.