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How One Biologist Raised the Alarm About Pesticides and Changed History

Rachel Carson highlighted the environmental consequences of our actions in a way that had never been done before.

How the Kent State Shootings Changed Protests Forever

National Guardsmen killed four college students in Ohio in 1970.

War Criminal Responsible for Millions of Deaths Dies at 100

Henry Kissinger was one of the US empire's proudest, most prolifically murderous foot soldiers.

Meet the Woman Who Helped Blow the Whistle on the Watergate Scandal

Until her death, Martha Mitchell was defamed, discredited, and ridiculed.

This Feminist Group Put Hexes on Wall Street and Richard Nixon

Meet the Women’s International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell (W.I.T.C.H.).

This SCOTUS Decision Changed the Story of School Integration

Yet 50 years after ‘Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg,’ U.S. schools remain racially segregated.

6 Legendary Vietnam War Protests Everyone Should Know

From marches to rallies to a freaked-out first lady.

Opinion: The Opioid Crisis Only Became a Crisis When It Affected White People

The difference in treatment is unfair, this op-ed argues.