Overlooked History
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 Woman Who Created Mother's Day Ended Up Hating the Holiday
Capitalism ruined everything.
By Marilyn La Jeunesse
Japanese-American Teens are Visiting Former Incarceration Camps to Confront History
Nineteen-year-old Sydney Takeda's grandparents were among the 110,000 people held in isolated "relocation centers."
By Taylor Weik
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
129 Women, Mostly Young Immigrants, Died on This Day in History
The youngest victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire were both 14 years old.
By Marlena Scott
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
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
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
Conservatives Using "Sacagawea" As an Insult Need a History Lesson
She was an incredible woman and she deserves respect.
By Ruth Hopkins
On Chicanx Activists, and the Mexican-American History Lesson They Don't Teach in School
"The Chicanx movement was at once an effort to define a national identity, as well as a national consciousness among Mexican-Americans.”
By Mariana Viera
Where Did the “Feminists Burn Their Bras” Myth Come From?
If you’re a feminist, you might be wondering why you’ve yet to be invited to a ceremonial bra-burning ritual.
By Adryan Corcione
How the Zoot Suit Became a Symbol of Resistance for Mexican-American People
It rose from Black communities and ultimately helped brown people fight back, too.
By Mariana Viera
The Government Once Enacted a “Plan” That Led to the Mass Incarceration of Women
Don’t let history repeat itself.
By Scott Stern