Kantō Massacre
The Kantō Massacre (關東大虐殺, Korean: 간토 대학살) was a mass murder in the Kantō region of Japan committed in the aftermath of the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake. With the explicit and…
Have an Autoimmune Disease? Blame the Black Death
The bubonic plague killed so many people in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa that that natural selection event is still rippling through our genomes today. But the same…
How 5 Bridges Transformed New York City | Architectural Digest
Today Michael Wyetzner of Michielli + Wyetzner Architects joins AD for an in-depth look at how bridges transformed New York City into the thriving metropolis we know today. Once upon…
Noam Chomsky – The Crimes of U.S. Presidents
Chomsky goes through some of the crimes of the post-war presidents. From 2003.
Camp de Thiaroye
Camp de Thiaroye (; also known as The Camp at Thiaroye) is a 1988 Senegalese war-drama film written and directed by Ousmane Sembène and Thierno Faty Sow. The film entered…
Thiaroye massacre
It’s been nearly 80 years since hundreds of Black West African soldiers who fought for France’s freedom against Nazi Germany during WWII were killed in cold blood by their fellow…
The Victorian Flower Garden
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The magicians’ cemetery
It feels a little tired to write about Houdini and Halloween, like a last resort. You know the basics: Houdini died in Detroit on Oct. 31, 1926, at Grace Hospital…
legislate people’s existence away
laws being passed to limit the rights of groups of people
Looking for a lost photo of a badass hippie protester, @UCLA 1970
a dad tells a story about his friend at an anti war protest