How one journalist risked her life to hold murderers accountable - Christina Greer

How one journalist risked her life to hold murderers accountable – Christina Greer

In March of 1892, three Black grocery store owners in Memphis, Tennessee, were murdered by a mob of white men. Lynchings like these were happening all over the American South,...

From pacifist to spy: WWII’s surprising secret agent - Shrabani Basu

From pacifist to spy: WWII’s surprising secret agent – Shrabani Basu

Noor Inayat Khan was in the midst of a desperate escape. She had been imprisoned for her activities as an Allied spy, but with the help of a screwdriver and...

How one person saved over 2,000 children from the Nazis - Iseult Gillespie

How one person saved over 2,000 children from the Nazis – Iseult Gillespie

In Warsaw, late October 1943, Irena Sendler and Janina Grabowska were enjoying a rare moment of peace in their war-torn city. But their laughter froze when they heard the Gestapo...

Ugly History: The Khmer Rouge murders - Timothy Williams

Ugly History: The Khmer Rouge murders – Timothy Williams

From 1975 to 1979, the Communist Party of Kampuchea ruled Cambodia with an iron fist, perpetrating genocide that killed one fourth of the country’s population. Roughly 1 million Cambodians were...

Who were Las Mariposas, and why were they murdered? - Lisa Krause

Who were Las Mariposas, and why were they murdered? – Lisa Krause

From 1930 to 1961, thousands of people were imprisoned, tortured, and murdered under Rafael Trujillo’s dictatorship in the Dominican Republic. Three sisters would go on to lead an underground revolution....

What is Juneteenth, and why is it important? - Karlos K. Hill and Soraya Field Fiorio

What is Juneteenth, and why is it important? – Karlos K. Hill and Soraya Field Fiorio

One day, while hiding in the kitchen, Charlotte Brooks overheard a life-changing secret. At the age of 17, she’d been separated from her family and taken to William Neyland’s Texas...

How do airplanes actually fly? - Raymond Adkins

How do airplanes actually fly? – Raymond Adkins

By 1917, Albert Einstein had explained the relationship between space and time. But, that year, he designed a flawed airplane wing. His attempt was based on an incomplete theory of...

Can you freeze your body and come back to life? - Shannon N. Tessier

Can you freeze your body and come back to life? – Shannon N. Tessier

On January 12th, 1967, James Bedford passed away. But— he had a plan to cheat death. Bedford was the first person to be cryogenically frozen. This process promised to preserve...

One of the most banned books of all time - Mollie Godfrey

One of the most banned books of all time – Mollie Godfrey

In 1998, a Maryland school district removed one of American literature’s most acclaimed works from its curriculum. Parents pushing for the ban said the book was both “sexually explicit” and...

Ice Age mummies frozen in time - Brendan Rogers and Jessica Howard

Ice Age mummies frozen in time – Brendan Rogers and Jessica Howard

In June 2022, a gold miner in the Canadian Yukon made a remarkable discovery. While working on the traditional lands of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation, he uncovered the exceptionally...

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