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How Alice Ball Ended Leprosy’s Centuries-Old Reign Of Terror — At Just 23

When Alice Ball made the discovery that brought leprosy patients back from certain death, she wasn't just young — she was also a black woman in Jim Crow-era America.

By Genevieve Carlton • Mar 15, 2020

How Alice Ball Ended Leprosy’s Centuries-Old Reign Of Terror — At Just 23

When Alice Ball made the discovery that brought leprosy patients back from certain death, she wasn't just young — she was also a black woman in Jim Crow-era America.

By Genevieve Carlton • March 15, 2020

How Homophobia Almost Erased The Legacy Of Bayard Rustin, The Man Who Advised MLK

Bayard Rustin was the mind behind the 1963 March on Washington and organized the first Freedom Rides, but his open homosexuality was fodder for critics of the civil rights movement.

By Natasha Ishak • Mar 13, 2020

How Homophobia Almost Erased The Legacy Of Bayard Rustin, The Man Who Advised MLK

Bayard Rustin was the mind behind the 1963 March on Washington and organized the first Freedom Rides, but his open homosexuality was fodder for critics of the civil rights movement.

By Natasha Ishak • March 13, 2020

Meet Lady Deborah Moody, The ‘Dangerous Woman’ Who Founded Gravesend, Brooklyn

After Lady Moody became the first woman to found a settlement in the New World in 1645, she then established one of the first “grid systems” in what would later become New York City.

By Jaclyn Anglis • Mar 3, 2020

Meet Lady Deborah Moody, The ‘Dangerous Woman’ Who Founded Gravesend, Brooklyn

After Lady Moody became the first woman to found a settlement in the New World in 1645, she then established one of the first “grid systems” in what would later become New York City.

By Jaclyn Anglis • March 3, 2020

Scotty Bowers: Pimp To Golden Age Hollywood’s Biggest Stars — Both Gay And Straight

Scotty Bowers was a gas station attendant in Hollywood when a famous producer solicited his "services," launching an illustrious career as the sexual fixer to the stars.

By Jaclyn Anglis • Feb 28, 2020

Scotty Bowers: Pimp To Golden Age Hollywood’s Biggest Stars — Both Gay And Straight

Scotty Bowers was a gas station attendant in Hollywood when a famous producer solicited his "services," launching an illustrious career as the sexual fixer to the stars.

By Jaclyn Anglis • February 28, 2020

How NASA’s Katherine Johnson Became One Of The ‘Hidden Figures’ Behind The Space Program

Even though trailblazing mathematician Katherine Johnson helped put some of the first astronauts into space in the 1960s, she didn't get her due until decades later.

By Natasha Ishak • Feb 26, 2020

How NASA’s Katherine Johnson Became One Of The ‘Hidden Figures’ Behind The Space Program

Even though trailblazing mathematician Katherine Johnson helped put some of the first astronauts into space in the 1960s, she didn't get her due until decades later.

By Natasha Ishak • February 26, 2020

Flat Earther ‘Mad Mike’ Dead After Fatal Launch Inside His DIY Rocket

Before his tragic death, stunt man 'Mad Mike' Hughes said he wanted to launch himself in space to prove his flat Earth theory.

By Natasha Ishak • Feb 24, 2020

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Flat Earther ‘Mad Mike’ Dead After Fatal Launch Inside His DIY Rocket

Before his tragic death, stunt man 'Mad Mike' Hughes said he wanted to launch himself in space to prove his flat Earth theory.

By Natasha Ishak • February 24, 2020

Meet The Couple On The Iconic Woodstock Album Cover — Still Together After 50 Years

When Nick and Bobbi Ercoline traveled to Woodstock in 1969, they had no idea they were about to become one of the most famous couples of the hippie generation.

By Natasha Ishak • Feb 20, 2020

Meet The Couple On The Iconic Woodstock Album Cover — Still Together After 50 Years

When Nick and Bobbi Ercoline traveled to Woodstock in 1969, they had no idea they were about to become one of the most famous couples of the hippie generation.

By Natasha Ishak • February 20, 2020

Stagecoach Mary Fields: America’s First Black Postwoman Who Was A Gunslinging Badass

They say Mary Fields had "the temperament of a grizzly bear" and a quick hand on the draw, but it would be her devotion to her community that made her a legend across the Wild West.

By Genevieve Carlton • Feb 19, 2020

Stagecoach Mary Fields: America’s First Black Postwoman Who Was A Gunslinging Badass

They say Mary Fields had "the temperament of a grizzly bear" and a quick hand on the draw, but it would be her devotion to her community that made her a legend across the Wild West.

By Genevieve Carlton • February 19, 2020

Meet Charlotte Corday, The Woman Who Assassinated A French Revolutionary Hero — And Inspired One Of History’s Greatest Paintings

On July 13, 1793, Charlotte Corday stabbed French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat to death in his bathtub. She later claimed, "I killed one man to save 100,000."

By Morgan Dunn • Feb 17, 2020

Meet Charlotte Corday, The Woman Who Assassinated A French Revolutionary Hero — And Inspired One Of History’s Greatest Paintings

On July 13, 1793, Charlotte Corday stabbed French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat to death in his bathtub. She later claimed, "I killed one man to save 100,000."

By Morgan Dunn • February 17, 2020

How Charles Lindbergh Wrecked His Legacy Pushing Anti-Semitism And Neutrality Toward The Nazis

Charles Lindbergh was a hero for his feats of aviation but ultimately lost that goodwill once he started pushing bigoted conspiracies to keep America from fighting Hitler.

By Marco Margaritoff • Feb 15, 2020

How Charles Lindbergh Wrecked His Legacy Pushing Anti-Semitism And Neutrality Toward The Nazis

Charles Lindbergh was a hero for his feats of aviation but ultimately lost that goodwill once he started pushing bigoted conspiracies to keep America from fighting Hitler.

By Marco Margaritoff • February 15, 2020

Meet Dr. Wouter Basson, The Ecstasy Cook Who Tried To Commit Genocide — And Got Away With It

Regularly compared to Nazi doctor Josef Mengele, Dr. Wouter Basson was in charge of a top-secret South African biological warfare program behind numerous killings, poisonings, and kidnappings in the 1980s.

By Samuel Warde • Feb 13, 2020

Meet Dr. Wouter Basson, The Ecstasy Cook Who Tried To Commit Genocide — And Got Away With It

Regularly compared to Nazi doctor Josef Mengele, Dr. Wouter Basson was in charge of a top-secret South African biological warfare program behind numerous killings, poisonings, and kidnappings in the 1980s.

By Samuel Warde • February 13, 2020

Meet Naoto Matsumura, The One Man Who Cares For Fukushima’s Abandoned Animals

After the Fukushima nuclear disaster of 2011, panicked citizens evacuated the nearby towns. At first, Naoto Matsumura was one of them. But with nowhere to go, he went back home to his pets.

By Erin Kelly • Feb 11, 2020

Meet Naoto Matsumura, The One Man Who Cares For Fukushima’s Abandoned Animals

After the Fukushima nuclear disaster of 2011, panicked citizens evacuated the nearby towns. At first, Naoto Matsumura was one of them. But with nowhere to go, he went back home to his pets.

By Erin Kelly • February 11, 2020