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Anne Frank Would Have Been 86 This Month. Celebrate Her Life With These Photos.

Anne Frank's life ended at a concentration camp in March 1945, just a few weeks short of its liberation. Look back on her life and legacy through photos.

By Erin Kelly • Jun 20, 2015

Anne Frank Would Have Been 86 This Month. Celebrate Her Life With These Photos.

Anne Frank's life ended at a concentration camp in March 1945, just a few weeks short of its liberation. Look back on her life and legacy through photos.

By Erin Kelly • June 20, 2015

End Of Empire: 47 Photos Of The Last Days Of The Romanov Family

War and inequality brought a violent end to the Romanov dynasty of Russia, making these images of the Romanov family's final years all the eerier.

By Savannah Cox • Jun 15, 2015

End Of Empire: 47 Photos Of The Last Days Of The Romanov Family

War and inequality brought a violent end to the Romanov dynasty of Russia, making these images of the Romanov family's final years all the eerier.

By Savannah Cox • June 15, 2015

What José Guadalupe Posada’s Skeleton Cartoons Teach Us About Life

In José Guadalupe Posada's world, we must start by affirming one truth: we will all one day be skeletons. Life becomes a lot simpler once we accept that.

By John Schellhase • Jun 14, 2015

What José Guadalupe Posada’s Skeleton Cartoons Teach Us About Life

In José Guadalupe Posada's world, we must start by affirming one truth: we will all one day be skeletons. Life becomes a lot simpler once we accept that.

By John Schellhase • June 14, 2015

History’s Worst Kings: King Charles The Mad

Say what you will about democracy, at least we have the option to kick crazies like King Charles VI out of office via a vote.

By Richard Stockton • Jun 7, 2015

History’s Worst Kings: King Charles The Mad

Say what you will about democracy, at least we have the option to kick crazies like King Charles VI out of office via a vote.

By Richard Stockton • June 7, 2015

10 Of The World’s Most Fascinating Unsolved Problems

These unsolved questions continue to vex the minds of practitioners across all disciplines of modern science and humanities.

By Abby Norman • Jun 7, 2015

10 Of The World’s Most Fascinating Unsolved Problems

These unsolved questions continue to vex the minds of practitioners across all disciplines of modern science and humanities.

By Abby Norman • June 7, 2015

The End Was Nigh: Failed Doomsday Prophecies Throughout Time

The world has been about to end for a long time. In fact, if there’s a single philosophical idea that runs like a connecting thread through thousands of years of history, it’s that we definitely don’t have thousands of years left to live. People have been predicting the end of...

By Richard Stockton • Jun 6, 2015

The End Was Nigh: Failed Doomsday Prophecies Throughout Time

The world has been about to end for a long time. In fact, if there’s a single philosophical idea that runs like a connecting thread through thousands of years of history, it’s that we definitely don’t have thousands of years left to live. People have been predicting the end of...

By Richard Stockton • June 6, 2015

Before Techies, There Were Hippies: Haight-Ashbury In 1967

As American air raids wreaked havoc on Vietnamese soil in 1967, in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood it was the Summer of Love. A series of natural and political events would transpire before Haight-Ashbury would become the epicenter of the “Free Love” mentality. It was one of the only areas spared...

By Erin Kelly • Jun 5, 2015

Before Techies, There Were Hippies: Haight-Ashbury In 1967

As American air raids wreaked havoc on Vietnamese soil in 1967, in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood it was the Summer of Love. A series of natural and political events would transpire before Haight-Ashbury would become the epicenter of the “Free Love” mentality. It was one of the only areas spared...

By Erin Kelly • June 5, 2015

Housewives Before WW2: Women On The Cusp Of Transformation

We’ve written before on the ways war has inspired countless technical innovations that we take for granted every day, but haven’t focused too much on the ways it has transformed the home and its accompanying gender roles. In this arena, one surprising “accomplishment” of World War II was the way...

By Erin Kelly • Jun 3, 2015

Housewives Before WW2: Women On The Cusp Of Transformation

We’ve written before on the ways war has inspired countless technical innovations that we take for granted every day, but haven’t focused too much on the ways it has transformed the home and its accompanying gender roles. In this arena, one surprising “accomplishment” of World War II was the way...

By Erin Kelly • June 3, 2015

When Crack Was King: 1980s New York In Photos

Before Carrie Bradshaw and Hannah Horvath, New York was host to the 1980s. And trust us, it wasn't all that pretty.

By Savannah Cox • Jun 1, 2015

When Crack Was King: 1980s New York In Photos

Before Carrie Bradshaw and Hannah Horvath, New York was host to the 1980s. And trust us, it wasn't all that pretty.

By Savannah Cox • June 1, 2015

17 Things You Didn’t Know About Walt Whitman

Today marks 196 years since Walt Whitman was born in West Hills, New York. While the American poet, essayist and journalist was considered radical for his opinions on many topics—labor issues, immigration, sexuality and capital punishment, among others—during his life, he’s now revered as one of the country’s most influential...

By Kiri Picone • May 31, 2015

17 Things You Didn’t Know About Walt Whitman

Today marks 196 years since Walt Whitman was born in West Hills, New York. While the American poet, essayist and journalist was considered radical for his opinions on many topics—labor issues, immigration, sexuality and capital punishment, among others—during his life, he’s now revered as one of the country’s most influential...

By Kiri Picone • May 31, 2015