american history

How The Welfare State Helped Make America What It Is Today

The welfare state gets a lot of criticism, but what seldom comes up is how things used to be before programs like SNAP and Section 8 came along.

By Richard Stockton • Dec 19, 2016

How The Welfare State Helped Make America What It Is Today

The welfare state gets a lot of criticism, but what seldom comes up is how things used to be before programs like SNAP and Section 8 came along.

By Richard Stockton • December 19, 2016

Did This 17-Year-Old Girl Really Strike Out Babe Ruth?

How a teenager named Jackie Mitchell struck out two of baseball's greats and why her story has historians puzzled.

By Savannah Cox • Dec 18, 2016

Did This 17-Year-Old Girl Really Strike Out Babe Ruth?

How a teenager named Jackie Mitchell struck out two of baseball's greats and why her story has historians puzzled.

By Savannah Cox • December 18, 2016

The Forgotten Asian-American Family That Fought School Segregation First

This family fought school segregation in the Deep South — but not for the reasons you might think.

By All That's Interesting • Dec 17, 2016

The Forgotten Asian-American Family That Fought School Segregation First

This family fought school segregation in the Deep South — but not for the reasons you might think.

By All That's Interesting • December 17, 2016

The Women Who Took Over An Oregon Town 100 Years Ago

These Oregonian women give new meaning to the phrase "If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman."

By All That's Interesting • Dec 15, 2016

The Women Who Took Over An Oregon Town 100 Years Ago

These Oregonian women give new meaning to the phrase "If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman."

By All That's Interesting • December 15, 2016

The Anti-Vietnam War Movement In 39 Photos

As the situation grew more and more dire in Vietnam, America's Vietnam War protests grew stronger and stronger.

By Savannah Cox • Dec 14, 2016

The Anti-Vietnam War Movement In 39 Photos

As the situation grew more and more dire in Vietnam, America's Vietnam War protests grew stronger and stronger.

By Savannah Cox • December 14, 2016

A Comprehensive History Of The “War On Christmas”

Turns out the "War on Christmas" has been going on for centuries.

By All That's Interesting • Dec 14, 2016

A Comprehensive History Of The “War On Christmas”

Turns out the "War on Christmas" has been going on for centuries.

By All That's Interesting • December 14, 2016

31 Inappropriate And Outdated Government Posters Warning People About STDs

During World War I, STDs put 18,000 servicemen in the hospital every single day. Indeed, as lonely servicemen sent overseas often filled their spare time with female companionship, the likes of syphilis and gonorrhea ran wild thanks to poor sexual hygiene and almost no sexual education. In the years that...

By All That's Interesting • Dec 13, 2016

31 Inappropriate And Outdated Government Posters Warning People About STDs

During World War I, STDs put 18,000 servicemen in the hospital every single day. Indeed, as lonely servicemen sent overseas often filled their spare time with female companionship, the likes of syphilis and gonorrhea ran wild thanks to poor sexual hygiene and almost no sexual education. In the years that...

By All That's Interesting • December 13, 2016

Explosive Riots That Changed The Course Of American History

“The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win, and their participants know it,” said Martin Luther King Jr. in an address to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) just weeks before his death on April 4, 1968. “Hence riots are not revolutionary but reactionary because they...

By John Kuroski • Dec 12, 2016

Explosive Riots That Changed The Course Of American History

“The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win, and their participants know it,” said Martin Luther King Jr. in an address to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) just weeks before his death on April 4, 1968. “Hence riots are not revolutionary but reactionary because they...

By John Kuroski • December 12, 2016

Ten Jackie Kennedy Quotes We Still Need To Hear

These Jackie Kennedy quotes reveal the iconic first lady's wisdom on everything from history to sex to her husband's assassination.

By All That's Interesting • Dec 9, 2016

Ten Jackie Kennedy Quotes We Still Need To Hear

These Jackie Kennedy quotes reveal the iconic first lady's wisdom on everything from history to sex to her husband's assassination.

By All That's Interesting • December 9, 2016

What We Loved This Week, Dec. 4 – 10

One of Brazil's last uncontacted tribes, gangs of pre-gentrification Brooklyn, Nat Geo photos of the year, Ohio's forgotten class, New York during the Great Depression.

By All That's Interesting • Dec 9, 2016

What We Loved This Week, Dec. 4 – 10

One of Brazil's last uncontacted tribes, gangs of pre-gentrification Brooklyn, Nat Geo photos of the year, Ohio's forgotten class, New York during the Great Depression.

By All That's Interesting • December 9, 2016