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The Story Behind The Famous “Rosie The Riveter” Image Of World War 2

"Rosie the Riveter" is regarded as a feminist icon today, but the image on which it was based had nothing to do with women's rights.

By All That's Interesting • Sep 18, 2017

The Story Behind The Famous “Rosie The Riveter” Image Of World War 2

"Rosie the Riveter" is regarded as a feminist icon today, but the image on which it was based had nothing to do with women's rights.

By All That's Interesting • September 18, 2017

The Banana Wars: How The U.S. Plundered Central America On Behalf Of Corporations

During the Banana Wars of the early 20th century, the U.S. military toppled regimes and massacred thousands to keep U.S. business booming.

By Mark Oliver • Sep 14, 2017

The Banana Wars: How The U.S. Plundered Central America On Behalf Of Corporations

During the Banana Wars of the early 20th century, the U.S. military toppled regimes and massacred thousands to keep U.S. business booming.

By Mark Oliver • September 14, 2017

Rare Photos Of The Unified Korea Before It Was Torn In Two

There was a time when Korea was a free and united nation. Long before North Korea rose and the Korean War tore a nation apart, the people of north and south lived together in peace. However, this free, united Korean Empire only existed for a short time. For a brief...

By Mark Oliver • Sep 13, 2017

Rare Photos Of The Unified Korea Before It Was Torn In Two

There was a time when Korea was a free and united nation. Long before North Korea rose and the Korean War tore a nation apart, the people of north and south lived together in peace. However, this free, united Korean Empire only existed for a short time. For a brief...

By Mark Oliver • September 13, 2017

Prehistoric Vampire Ant Found Perfectly Preserved In Amber

It was given the scientific species name vladi, after Romanian prince Vlad Dracula, the inspiration for many vampire stories.

By Gabe Paoletti • Sep 13, 2017

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Prehistoric Vampire Ant Found Perfectly Preserved In Amber

It was given the scientific species name vladi, after Romanian prince Vlad Dracula, the inspiration for many vampire stories.

By Gabe Paoletti • September 13, 2017

American Anarchy: Intense Photos Of The Early 1900s Reign Of Radicalism In The U.S.

Since the Civil War, no other period in the history of American politics may have been quite so violently divisive.

By Gabe Paoletti • Sep 12, 2017

American Anarchy: Intense Photos Of The Early 1900s Reign Of Radicalism In The U.S.

Since the Civil War, no other period in the history of American politics may have been quite so violently divisive.

By Gabe Paoletti • September 12, 2017

“One Brief Shining Moment”: The Kennedy Romance In Photos

They met over asparagus at a dinner party in 1952: future commander-in-chief John Fitzgerald “Jack” Kennedy, a 35-year-old congressman from Boston, asked Jacqueline “Jackie” Bouvier, a 23-year-old photographer from Newport, out on a date while leaning across the table, ostensibly in search of the vegetable. She thought he was “charming...

By Kellen Perry • Sep 11, 2017

“One Brief Shining Moment”: The Kennedy Romance In Photos

They met over asparagus at a dinner party in 1952: future commander-in-chief John Fitzgerald “Jack” Kennedy, a 35-year-old congressman from Boston, asked Jacqueline “Jackie” Bouvier, a 23-year-old photographer from Newport, out on a date while leaning across the table, ostensibly in search of the vegetable. She thought he was “charming...

By Kellen Perry • September 11, 2017

25 Vintage Murder Scenes From Old New York

Weegee's striking crime scene photos that captured "the details and drama, the humor and the horror, along the city’s streets."

By Kellen Perry • Sep 10, 2017

25 Vintage Murder Scenes From Old New York

Weegee's striking crime scene photos that captured "the details and drama, the humor and the horror, along the city’s streets."

By Kellen Perry • September 10, 2017

A City On The Brink: 1960s New York In 55 Dramatic Photos

From the Mad Men of the ad world to the riots in Harlem to the artists of Greenwich Village, this was New York in the 1960s.

By Mark Oliver • Sep 9, 2017

A City On The Brink: 1960s New York In 55 Dramatic Photos

From the Mad Men of the ad world to the riots in Harlem to the artists of Greenwich Village, this was New York in the 1960s.

By Mark Oliver • September 9, 2017

26 Incredible Photos Of New York City Before It Became New York City

When America's biggest city was mostly farmland.

By Gabe Paoletti • Sep 8, 2017

26 Incredible Photos Of New York City Before It Became New York City

When America's biggest city was mostly farmland.

By Gabe Paoletti • September 8, 2017

38 Rousing Photos Of The American Workers That Helped The Allies Win World War II

The story of the United States’ involvement in World War II is well known to even those with only a passing knowledge of history. In schools across America, kids learn much about their country’s great wartime victories overseas at places like Iwo Jima and Normandy. What we know less about...

By Gabe Paoletti • Sep 7, 2017

38 Rousing Photos Of The American Workers That Helped The Allies Win World War II

The story of the United States’ involvement in World War II is well known to even those with only a passing knowledge of history. In schools across America, kids learn much about their country’s great wartime victories overseas at places like Iwo Jima and Normandy. What we know less about...

By Gabe Paoletti • September 7, 2017