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This Week In History, June 11 – 17

Faceless fish caught, 8th wonder rediscovered, Civil War bodies found, Jefferson Davis Day celebrated, Aztec temple unearthed.

By All That's Interesting • Jun 16, 2017

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This Week In History, June 11 – 17

Faceless fish caught, 8th wonder rediscovered, Civil War bodies found, Jefferson Davis Day celebrated, Aztec temple unearthed.

By All That's Interesting • June 16, 2017

Why Did These Five Men Volunteer To Stand Directly Under An Exploding Nuclear Bomb? (VIDEO)

Men and women have done all sorts of strange things in the name of their nation — and this may be one of the strangest.

By All That's Interesting • Jun 13, 2017

Why Did These Five Men Volunteer To Stand Directly Under An Exploding Nuclear Bomb? (VIDEO)

Men and women have done all sorts of strange things in the name of their nation — and this may be one of the strangest.

By All That's Interesting • June 13, 2017

Bernie Sanders’ Political Career — Captured By The Photographer Who May Know Him Best

Say what you will about Bernie Sanders (and people have said a lot), the man is consistent. The Senator from Vermont’s stance on an array of issues — and emphasis on using a grassroots base to achieve them — have remained remarkably unchanged for decades. Even his look — skinny...

By All That's Interesting • Jun 13, 2017

Bernie Sanders’ Political Career — Captured By The Photographer Who May Know Him Best

Say what you will about Bernie Sanders (and people have said a lot), the man is consistent. The Senator from Vermont’s stance on an array of issues — and emphasis on using a grassroots base to achieve them — have remained remarkably unchanged for decades. Even his look — skinny...

By All That's Interesting • June 13, 2017

How One Child’s Murder Helped Launch The Anti-Defamation League

Mary Phagan was just 12 years old when she was found dead in a factory. The hate speech her case incited would help launch an organization meant to combat it.

By Krissy Howard • Jun 7, 2017

How One Child’s Murder Helped Launch The Anti-Defamation League

Mary Phagan was just 12 years old when she was found dead in a factory. The hate speech her case incited would help launch an organization meant to combat it.

By Krissy Howard • June 7, 2017

Alabama Is The Only State Still Celebrating The Confederacy With Jefferson Davis Day

Despite a national move away from celebrating Confederate figures, Alabama insists on continuing celebrations of the men who led the South.

By All That's Interesting • Jun 5, 2017

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Alabama Is The Only State Still Celebrating The Confederacy With Jefferson Davis Day

Despite a national move away from celebrating Confederate figures, Alabama insists on continuing celebrations of the men who led the South.

By All That's Interesting • June 5, 2017

The African-American Experience Visualized At The Turn Of The 20th Century

“It’s like coming across a clearing in the jungle.” Those are the words used by data journalist David McCandless when discussing the value and effect of data visualizations in a 2010 TED Talk. In a world where it’s easy to feel that we’re “all suffering from information overload or data...

By All That's Interesting • Jun 1, 2017

The African-American Experience Visualized At The Turn Of The 20th Century

“It’s like coming across a clearing in the jungle.” Those are the words used by data journalist David McCandless when discussing the value and effect of data visualizations in a 2010 TED Talk. In a world where it’s easy to feel that we’re “all suffering from information overload or data...

By All That's Interesting • June 1, 2017

The Changing Face Of America’s Immigration Laws

Immigration has been a contentious issue for the United States from its earliest days. All along, opposing forces have pulled government policy in different directions to create the system we have today.

By Richard Stockton • May 31, 2017

The Changing Face Of America’s Immigration Laws

Immigration has been a contentious issue for the United States from its earliest days. All along, opposing forces have pulled government policy in different directions to create the system we have today.

By Richard Stockton • May 31, 2017

26 Photos Of NASA Landings Throughout The Decades

The launches may get more press, but the engineering prowess required to pull off safe NASA landings is a thing of beauty. And so are the decades worth of photographs documenting the joyous return of the brave men and women who’d just went exploring beyond the ether. The landing of...

By Kellen Perry • May 27, 2017

26 Photos Of NASA Landings Throughout The Decades

The launches may get more press, but the engineering prowess required to pull off safe NASA landings is a thing of beauty. And so are the decades worth of photographs documenting the joyous return of the brave men and women who’d just went exploring beyond the ether. The landing of...

By Kellen Perry • May 27, 2017

31 Appallingly Racist Ads Of Decades Past

Several times per year, if not more frequently, a major brand comes under fire for running an advertisement that the public widely — and almost always justifiably — deems to be racist. Just last month, this happened to both Nivea and Sony. And in the latter case, the ad in...

By John Kuroski • May 22, 2017

31 Appallingly Racist Ads Of Decades Past

Several times per year, if not more frequently, a major brand comes under fire for running an advertisement that the public widely — and almost always justifiably — deems to be racist. Just last month, this happened to both Nivea and Sony. And in the latter case, the ad in...

By John Kuroski • May 22, 2017

Reliving The Civil Rights Movement, In 55 Powerful Photos

Perhaps the most simultaneously helpful and harmful thing that historians, writers, teachers, and Americans as a whole have done to the civil rights movement is to label it as such. A label as monolithic as “the civil rights movement” helpfully conveys just how pervasive were the wrongs that the movement...

By John Kuroski • May 16, 2017

Reliving The Civil Rights Movement, In 55 Powerful Photos

Perhaps the most simultaneously helpful and harmful thing that historians, writers, teachers, and Americans as a whole have done to the civil rights movement is to label it as such. A label as monolithic as “the civil rights movement” helpfully conveys just how pervasive were the wrongs that the movement...

By John Kuroski • May 16, 2017