Battle of Century City
On 15 June 1990, the Battle of Century City took place, as police in Los Angeles attacked striking janitors and their supporters during a peaceful Service Employees International Union demonstration.…
Capitalism and Propoganda
Scott Bennett
Eleanor Rykener: Trans Sex Worker of Medieval London?
The year is 1395. The city: London. The crime: an "unmentionable, ignominious vice" commonly known as sodomy. And the perp? A rascally, resourceful enigma named John Rykener, who enters the…
Stuff You Missed in History Class: Pope Leo XIII
Pope Leo XIII sought to find a way forward for the Catholic church at a time when the world was rapidly changing and the church was often at odds with…
The term Reproductive Justice was formed in Chicago
Listen in as Loretta Ross, one of the mothers of the movement explain.
Institutional Knowledge
A revolutionary feminist’s portrayal of life with mental illness
Glenn Burke was the 1st openly gay Major League Baseball player
and is credited for inventing the high five.
What Was It Like To Live In 17th Century Britain? | Tales From The Green Valley | Retold
How do you gauge gas mark 7 when you’re using a 17th-century bread oven? Why did people 400 years ago save up their urine to help with the laundry? Why…
BBC Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death Documentary
For a medieval woman approaching the moment of labour and birth, there were no antiseptics to ward off infection or anaesthetics to deal with pain. Historian Helen Castor reveals how…