Linton Weeks
Linton Weeks joined NPR in the summer of 2008, as its national correspondent for Digital News. He immediately hit the campaign trail, covering the Democratic and Republican National Conventions; fact-checking the debates; and exploring the candidates, the issues and the electorate.
Weeks is originally from Tennessee, and graduated from Rhodes College in 1976. He was the founding editor of Southern Magazine in 1986. The magazine was bought — and crushed — in 1989 by Time-Warner. In 1990, he was named managing editor of The Washington Post's Sunday magazine. Four years later, he became the first director of the newspaper's website, Washingtonpost.com. From 1995 until 2008, he was a staff writer in the Style section of The Washington Post.
He currently lives in a suburb of Washington with the artist Jan Taylor Weeks. In 2009, they created to honor their beloved sons.
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Remembering cool words that are no longer cool — or even used much. -
In 1920s America the insidious Invisible Empire was not only visible; it participated in otherwise polite society.
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All across the country, people are re-creating, reinterpreting, acting out history in some way. These living historians remember the past — and they don't mind repeating it. -
An early pioneer in American pet photography, Frees died in poverty and obscurity. -
In turn-of-the-20th century America, "henpeckery" in married couples was the target of popular humor. -
Center stage for many historic protests and demonstrations, the National Mall has fallen on hard times. -
Like a time slingshot, the 1920 silent movie The Daughter of Dawn transports us back to another era — and another. -
Traditionally, the three daily meals in America are breakfast, lunch and dinner. But did our forebears eat four times a day instead of three? -
As an aspirant to the Republican presidential nomination, the businessman/entertainer reminds some people of notable politicians of the past. -
Deck the halls, stuff the stockings and sharpen your pencils. It's time for a holiday history exam.
