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Better Know A Pope: Stephen VI, The Grave Robber

You can’t tell the story of Stephen VI, who was pope for about a year in 897, without first telling the story of Formosus, the earlier pope whom Stephen had exhumed and put on trial for heresy. During the eighth and ninth centuries, the young Holy Roman Empire was convulsing...

By Richard Stockton • Jan 31, 2015

Better Know A Pope: Stephen VI, The Grave Robber

You can’t tell the story of Stephen VI, who was pope for about a year in 897, without first telling the story of Formosus, the earlier pope whom Stephen had exhumed and put on trial for heresy. During the eighth and ninth centuries, the young Holy Roman Empire was convulsing...

By Richard Stockton • January 31, 2015

24 Photos Of Life Inside Ravensbrück, The Nazis’ Only All-Female Concentration Camp

During the Holocaust, 130,000 female prisoners pass through the gates of Ravensbrück — most of whom never walked back out.

By John Kuroski • Jan 26, 2015

24 Photos Of Life Inside Ravensbrück, The Nazis’ Only All-Female Concentration Camp

During the Holocaust, 130,000 female prisoners pass through the gates of Ravensbrück — most of whom never walked back out.

By John Kuroski • January 26, 2015

The History Of Madness: Mental Illness, Past And Present

Powerful figures have used — or created — mental illness to manipulate and control a given time's undesirables. We explore it, starting with the Bible.

By Richard Stockton • Jan 25, 2015

The History Of Madness: Mental Illness, Past And Present

Powerful figures have used — or created — mental illness to manipulate and control a given time's undesirables. We explore it, starting with the Bible.

By Richard Stockton • January 25, 2015

Girl, Interrupted: The Life Of Saint Veronica

Some people are born to sainthood, while others have it thrust upon them whether they like it or not. Such was the case for Saint Veronica of Milan, our first in a series of hagiographies to help you better know a saint.

By Richard Stockton • Jan 24, 2015

Girl, Interrupted: The Life Of Saint Veronica

Some people are born to sainthood, while others have it thrust upon them whether they like it or not. Such was the case for Saint Veronica of Milan, our first in a series of hagiographies to help you better know a saint.

By Richard Stockton • January 24, 2015

The Real Story Behind The Myers-Briggs Test

Regarded as somewhere between “a horoscope and a heart monitor” by one journalist, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is one of the most frequently taken personality tests in the world. Even though it has become somewhat laughable in recent years, 89 Fortune 100 companies use the test to gauge their...

By Abby Norman • Jan 22, 2015

The Real Story Behind The Myers-Briggs Test

Regarded as somewhere between “a horoscope and a heart monitor” by one journalist, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is one of the most frequently taken personality tests in the world. Even though it has become somewhat laughable in recent years, 89 Fortune 100 companies use the test to gauge their...

By Abby Norman • January 22, 2015

24 Startling Photos That Explain Apartheid In South Africa

Despite its formal ending twenty years ago, apartheid's damning legacy persists in South Africa.

By Susan Sims • Jan 19, 2015

24 Startling Photos That Explain Apartheid In South Africa

Despite its formal ending twenty years ago, apartheid's damning legacy persists in South Africa.

By Susan Sims • January 19, 2015

This Top-Secret 1950s Bunker Reminds Us Just How Afraid People Were During The Cold War

Deep underground in Konjic sits a 70,000 square foot bunker – one of the most expensive structures ever constructed in what was once Yugoslavia. This long abandoned ‘safe-house’ took 26 years to build (from 1953-1979), and was constructed by former Yugoslavian revolutionary leader Josip Broz Tito to shelter himself, his...

By Erin Kelly • Jan 18, 2015

This Top-Secret 1950s Bunker Reminds Us Just How Afraid People Were During The Cold War

Deep underground in Konjic sits a 70,000 square foot bunker – one of the most expensive structures ever constructed in what was once Yugoslavia. This long abandoned ‘safe-house’ took 26 years to build (from 1953-1979), and was constructed by former Yugoslavian revolutionary leader Josip Broz Tito to shelter himself, his...

By Erin Kelly • January 18, 2015

What Jewish Life Looked Like In Europe Before The Holocaust

Exploring photographer Roman Vishniac’s archives of Jewish life before the Holocaust is to contemplate just how quickly politics and propaganda can transform—or eviscerate—an entire culture. In 1935, Vishniac began to photo-document impoverished Jewish communities in order to secure aid for them through the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. There are...

By Erin Kelly • Jan 17, 2015

What Jewish Life Looked Like In Europe Before The Holocaust

Exploring photographer Roman Vishniac’s archives of Jewish life before the Holocaust is to contemplate just how quickly politics and propaganda can transform—or eviscerate—an entire culture. In 1935, Vishniac began to photo-document impoverished Jewish communities in order to secure aid for them through the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. There are...

By Erin Kelly • January 17, 2015

Society’s Dropouts: 31 Eye-Opening Photos Of America’s 1970s Hippie Communes

Delve into the secretive and misunderstood world of American hippie communes of the 1970s.

By Savannah Cox • Jan 15, 2015

Society’s Dropouts: 31 Eye-Opening Photos Of America’s 1970s Hippie Communes

Delve into the secretive and misunderstood world of American hippie communes of the 1970s.

By Savannah Cox • January 15, 2015

20 Surprising Photos Of The Time Fidel Castro Visited New York

As the United States begins a new era of relations with Cuba, we look back at Fidel Castro photos from his warm reception in New York in 1959.

By Erin Kelly • Jan 7, 2015

20 Surprising Photos Of The Time Fidel Castro Visited New York

As the United States begins a new era of relations with Cuba, we look back at Fidel Castro photos from his warm reception in New York in 1959.

By Erin Kelly • January 7, 2015