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The Jewish Teens Who Fought Back Against Hitler
These resistance fighters attacked Nazi troops, sabotaged infrastructure, and blew up trains and bridges.
By Eric Ginsburg
What To Know About Crazy Horse on the Anniversary of His Assassination
“The spirit of Crazy Horse is one of resistance. It’s bravery in the face of insurmountable odds.”
By Ruth Hopkins
The 19th Amendment Only Really Helped White Women
But women of color were critical to the amendment’s passage.
By Marilyn La Jeunesse
This Landmark Supreme Court Case Highlighted the Link Between Whiteness and Citizenship
A 1923 U.S. Supreme Court decision shut the door to Asian immigrants for decades.
By Vandana Pawa
Maggie Kuhn's Gray Panthers Prove Activism Has No Age Limits
“The name ‘Gray Panthers’ conjures the power of older people.”
By Marilyn La Jeunesse
The Black Panthers' "Rainbow Coalition," Explained
The Rainbow Coalition was created to unite poor blacks, poor whites, and Latinos.
By Tana Ganeva
What History Books Get Wrong About the Battle of Little Big Horn
The Lakota, not George Custer, deserve our attention.
By Ruth Hopkins
Why Some Natives Don't Want American Citizenship
It was only granted in 1924, and the rights that come with the designation have been long ignored.
By Ruth Hopkins
The Freedom Summer Turned Students Into Revolutionaries
Young organizers joined Southern activists to change the American landscape.
By Ray Levy Uyeda
The Woman Who Created Mother's Day Ended Up Hating the Holiday
Capitalism ruined everything.
By Marilyn La Jeunesse
The Anti-Gay Lavender Scare, Explained
What you need to know about an infamous chapter of U.S. history.
By Lucy Diavolo
Mexican Revolutionary Petra Herrera Posed as a Man to Fight for Her Country
The soldadera even pretended to shave her “beard” at dawn, before her fellow soldiers were awake.
By Marilyn La Jeunesse
FYI, the Federal Government Doesn't Actually Guarantee Equal Rights to Women
Despite a proposed constitutional amendment that feminists have worked hard to pass.
By Marlena Scott
Meet the Women Revolutionaries Who Shaped Mexican History
History's men objectified these valiant soldaderas, who helped eliminate an elitist hierarchy in their country.
By Marilyn La Jeunesse
These Native Activists Reclaimed Alcatraz From the Government for Nearly 2 Years
An organizer behind the Alcatraz Occupation explains this important action often left out of history books.
By Ruth Hopkins
Blackface Is as Racist Today as It Was When It First Started
This OG History explains where the ignorant practice actually came from.
By Jameelah Nasheed
Icon Shirley Chisholm Paved the Way for Black Women In Politics
“If you can’t support me, if you can’t endorse me, get out of my way."
By Jenn M. Jackson
How A Sit-In Movement Started By Black Students Changed Activism Forever
The demonstrations started in Greensboro, North Carolina, and spread throughout the country.
By Eric Ginsburg
Mexico's Zapatistas Have Been Rebelling for Decades
One of their guiding principles is the construction of a “world where many worlds fit.”
By Andalusia Knoll
How White People Pushed Out Hawai'i's Monarchy
Hawai'i rightfully belongs to its peoples, who were thriving long before U.S. imperialism took hold.
By Matthew Dekneef