English literature lecturer Roberta Magnani draws comparisons between comic book heroine Wonder Woman and characters from mythology and classical literature.
In 1852, Frederick Douglass gave a famous speech criticizing the celebration of Independence Day in a time of slavery. This article suggests that Douglass’ speech is as relevant today as it was before slavery was abolished in the United States.
Elisha Wiesel, son of Elie Wiesel, has not always embraced the responsibility of carrying on his father’s legacy of speaking out for human rights. Nevertheless, he now finds himself carrying the torch.
How did cars become such a big deal in the United States? Watch this video to learn about the ways in which car culture reshaped a nation.
Eight years before the Supreme Court’s landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling, a California family fought for the rights of Latino students. Watch the video to learn more.
At the end of World War II, American servicemen in Europe organized a “World Series” baseball game, played in Nuremberg’s Stadion der Hitlerjugend, formerly the site of Nazi Party rallies.
In 1864, William Tecumseh Sherman led a hard-war strategy of pillaging and destorying property in the South, leaving civilians depleted.
George Washington led an effort to create a network of spies to help win the American Revolution.
From 1897 to 1898, tens of thousands of people traveled to Alaska in search of gold. Click the links throughout the article for more photos, maps, and information.
This article considers what we can learn from Anne Frank’s diary and what might have been if Anne and her sister Margot had not died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
