Danuta Danielsson: The Purse-Swinging Anti-Nazi Hero of Växjö
In the quiet town of Växjö, Sweden, a statue captures a split-second of raw courage: a woman mid-swing, her handbag arcing toward a neo-Nazi marcher. …
Category: International
Mohamed Bzeek: The Man Who Refuses to Let Children Die Alone
For over three decades, Mohamed Bzeek, a Libyan-born Arab-American from Los Angeles, has dedicated his life to one of the most heartbreaking yet profound acts …
The Drive-Thru Raccoons: A Fired Worker’s Act of Kindness
It started small. At closing time, a fast-food worker would save leftover food destined for the trash. Outside the drive-thru, a mother raccoon and …
Mitochondrial Eve: The Mother of All Mothers (But Not Quite How You Might Think)
You’ve probably seen the headline somewhere: “Scientists have found the woman from whom every human alive today descends.” It sounds biblical, almost mythical—Mitochondrial Eve, the …
The Straw Man of Heidelberg: Katharina Detzel’s Quiet Rebellion
In April 1914, inside the locked psychiatric ward of Heidelberg University, a photographer captured one of the most haunting images in the history of outsider …
Paul Bogle (1822-1865)
Paul Bogle led the last large scale armed Jamaican rebellion for voting rights and an end to legal discrimination and economic oppression against African Jamaicans. …
The Cangue: Imperial China’s Cruel Collar of Shame
Shanghai, circa 1870. A lone man stands in the dusty street of the foreign concession, his head and hands locked inside a massive square wooden …
From ‘Ragman’s Son’ to Spartacus: Kirk Douglas, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants who rose from poverty to become a Hollywood legend during its Golden Age, has died at 103
Kirk Douglas, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants who rose from an impoverished childhood to become a silver screen legend whose decades-long career included the …
Bloke discovers dead eagle with tracking device, turns out it travelled everywhere
F**ken eagles are majestic bloody beasts. While the lion rules the land as the king of the jungle, we’re pretty bloody certain that eagles are …
Bibi Aisha bravely shows her new face after Taliban cut off her nose and ears
The terrible image of her mutilated face brought home the Taliban’s savagery. But today Bibi Aisha, the Afghan girl whose nose and ears were cut …