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The Troubling History Of The Republican’s Frankenstein, Donald Trump

From buying political favors to dodging the draft, we look inside the hypocritical and scandal-ridden history of Donald Trump.

By Richard Stockton • Sep 8, 2015

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The Troubling History Of The Republican’s Frankenstein, Donald Trump

From buying political favors to dodging the draft, we look inside the hypocritical and scandal-ridden history of Donald Trump.

By Richard Stockton • September 8, 2015

Mother Teresa, The Nun Who Wore A Sari

While Mother Teresa did much to improve the lives of the poor in Kolkata, today the number of the city's poor has only proliferated.

By Teresa Cantero • Sep 6, 2015

Mother Teresa, The Nun Who Wore A Sari

While Mother Teresa did much to improve the lives of the poor in Kolkata, today the number of the city's poor has only proliferated.

By Teresa Cantero • September 6, 2015

Historic Battlefields Then And Now

Battles are actually unusual in military history. It’s far more common for one side to be willing or able to fight and for the other side to collapse at once or wage a guerrilla war than it is for rival armies to roll the dice on a few confrontations. Battles...

By Richard Stockton • Sep 2, 2015

Historic Battlefields Then And Now

Battles are actually unusual in military history. It’s far more common for one side to be willing or able to fight and for the other side to collapse at once or wage a guerrilla war than it is for rival armies to roll the dice on a few confrontations. Battles...

By Richard Stockton • September 2, 2015

Adolf Hitler Had This Photo Of Himself Banned

Even génocidaires have standards, apparently. In the 1930s, Adolf Hitler had publication of this photo (and others like it) banned because he considered it “beneath one’s dignity.” How did these photos surface, then? In 1945, an Allied soldier named Alf Robinson found a tattered, coverless book in a bomb-blasted house...

By Savannah Cox • Aug 24, 2015

Adolf Hitler Had This Photo Of Himself Banned

Even génocidaires have standards, apparently. In the 1930s, Adolf Hitler had publication of this photo (and others like it) banned because he considered it “beneath one’s dignity.” How did these photos surface, then? In 1945, an Allied soldier named Alf Robinson found a tattered, coverless book in a bomb-blasted house...

By Savannah Cox • August 24, 2015

Hawaii’s Relationship With The US Is Not As Pretty As You’d Think

Triangles have three sides. The sun sets in the west. The United States is composed of 50 states. All are taken to be self-evident, but up until August 21, 1959, the latter was simply not true. Of course, that all changed when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a proclamation that...

By Kiri Picone • Aug 21, 2015

Hawaii’s Relationship With The US Is Not As Pretty As You’d Think

Triangles have three sides. The sun sets in the west. The United States is composed of 50 states. All are taken to be self-evident, but up until August 21, 1959, the latter was simply not true. Of course, that all changed when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a proclamation that...

By Kiri Picone • August 21, 2015

After Genocide, Only Human Wreckage Remains

From The Associated Press on May 13, 1994: “Nobody lives here any more. Not the expectant mothers huddled outside the maternity clinic, not the families squeezed into the church, not the man who lies rotting in a schoolroom beneath a chalkboard map of Africa. Everybody here is dead. Karubamba is...

By All That's Interesting • Aug 19, 2015

After Genocide, Only Human Wreckage Remains

From The Associated Press on May 13, 1994: “Nobody lives here any more. Not the expectant mothers huddled outside the maternity clinic, not the families squeezed into the church, not the man who lies rotting in a schoolroom beneath a chalkboard map of Africa. Everybody here is dead. Karubamba is...

By All That's Interesting • August 19, 2015

How Historically Accurate Is “Downton Abbey?”

The wildly popular period piece is on its way out. How much of history did it get right — and wrong?

By Abby Norman • Aug 18, 2015

How Historically Accurate Is “Downton Abbey?”

The wildly popular period piece is on its way out. How much of history did it get right — and wrong?

By Abby Norman • August 18, 2015

How Muzak Shaped A Conformist America

While Muzak's background music was easy to ignore, the company's surprising story says a lot about postwar America.

By John Kuroski • Aug 18, 2015

How Muzak Shaped A Conformist America

While Muzak's background music was easy to ignore, the company's surprising story says a lot about postwar America.

By John Kuroski • August 18, 2015

The Moscow Metro: A Mausoleum Of Revolutionary Ideals

The former Soviet capital is full of fascinating monuments to "different" political life. One is the Moscow metro, where commoners were king.

By John Schellhase • Aug 12, 2015

The Moscow Metro: A Mausoleum Of Revolutionary Ideals

The former Soviet capital is full of fascinating monuments to "different" political life. One is the Moscow metro, where commoners were king.

By John Schellhase • August 12, 2015

A People Without a Country: The Gypsies

Persecuted around the world and still subject to discrimination in modern day Europe, we look into the fascinating history of the Gypsy people.

By Richard Stockton • Aug 12, 2015

A People Without a Country: The Gypsies

Persecuted around the world and still subject to discrimination in modern day Europe, we look into the fascinating history of the Gypsy people.

By Richard Stockton • August 12, 2015