Slavery continued in Texas for months after the war. Then came the word — on Juneteenth.
Read MoreA half century ago, Hollywood was still fighting World War II. Then came M*A*S*H.
Read MoreWhen her husband’s CCC put men to work, Eleanor Roosevelt asked “What about the women?”
Read MoreThe Power Broker knew how to build but Jane Jacobs knew how to make cities livable. Her book revived urban America. You’re welcome.
Read MoreWith soldiers coming home in flag-draped caskets, the Supreme Court considered the Pledge of Allegiance. The ruling may surprise you.
Read MoreThe study said… The study said… Then Carol Gilligan realized. The study had only studied boys. Might girls speak “In a Different Voice”?
Read MoreFannie Lou Hamer was the soul of Mississippi’s civil rights movement. Soon all of America would hear her voice.
Read MoreLoss after loss, Harvey Milk kept battering at the door. If he could only “give them hope.” (As seen in “Milk.”)
Read MoreCoal miners distrusted Barbara Kopple until she hunkered down with them -- for three years -- and came home with a living, breathing masterpiece.
Read MoreSingle mother of seven, Dolores Huerta left her teaching job and went into the fields. The United Farm Workers was born.
Read MoreHistory’s Mill Girls were models of labor. Until they went on strike and sowed the seeds of the Labor movement.
Read More"They cannot roll back the rising tide of reform. The world moves."
Read MoreIn these "times that try men's souls," Thomas Paine offers a remedy -- believe in people, not institutions.
Read More