‘Prayers really work’: Misty Loman shares recovery story behind viral photos
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) – When Misty Loman’s mugshots were posted online last year, social media users were sharing and retweeting her story with much …
From Raymond the smoking newsboy to garment workers as young as FIVE: Newly colorized images show child labor in early 20th century America
A series of heart-wrenching images, depicting child labor in early 20th century America, have been brought to life after being expertly colorized. Seen among the …
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. …
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 …