History

When legendary artist R. Crumb discovered the Bible to be “a text so great and so strange that it lends itself…

It was the autumn of 1969. Thousands of American Indians occupied the abandoned remains of Alcatraz, the federal…

Since the early 1980s, ADAPT has been a national network of activists with disabilities that employs nonviolent civil…

In 1911, the Kalamazoo Corset Company was the largest manufacturer of women’s corsets in the world. In spring of 1912,…

This Celebrate People’s History poster honors Jewish involvement in anti-colonial struggles. The Israeli Socialist…

This is definitely one of the most beautiful Celebrate People's History posters yet! An amazing block print celebrating…

Sylvia Ray Rivera is back in all her glory. Sylvia, a Puerto Rican and Venezuelan transwoman from New York City, was a…

Beginning in 1791 and lasting through 1804, the Haitian Revolution was the only slave revolt in the "New World" to turn…

In April 1921, the Seki Ran Kai (Red Waves Society) was formed with socialism as its goal. It was the first…

August 10 is Prison Justice Day. PJD started in Canada in 1976 to pay tribute to prisoners who died in prison. On this…

On December 11, 1921, propelled by the need to feed their children and outraged at Kansas’s new antilabor legislation,…

Chico Mendes, a rubber tapper and union organizer deep in Amazon rainforest, pioneered the combination of environmental…

In 1958, Carol Parks Hahn and Ron Walters, two Wichita NAACP youth leaders, decided to protest segregation of local…

In 1968 the Brown Berets organized a massive student walk out in East LA, demanding equality in schools for Chicanx…

Whether you're a reforming bro wondering how you got to the place you are, or if you're someone else wondering why…

An account of five years of immersion in modern Paganism. Alex Mar, a journalist on a personal spiritual mission,…

The Rani of Jhansi was born in 1828 and her early education was unusual for girls at the time: wrestling, swordfighting,…

San Francisco 1966: Transwomen and drag queens working in the Tenderloin district of San Fransisco often took refuge in…

“Armed with the knowledge of our past we can charter a course for our future. Only by knowing where we’ve been can…

Protect Mauna Kea. The new wave of aloha ‘āina defends sacred land from scientific imperialism. No to TMT. Printed at…

World Charter for Prostitutes’ Rights 1985 Sex Workers’ Rights are Human Rights LawsDecriminalize all aspects of…

With 1.5 million members, the Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem Terra (MST) is one of the largest social movements in…

Undocumented is the story of immigrant workers who have come to the United States without papers. Every day, these men…

The original Wonder Woman was ahead of her time, advocating female superiority and the benefits of matriarchy in the…

Journalist Jon Ronson investigates the strange things we’re willing to believe in, from robots programmed with our…

An in-depth exploration of racial identity and racism in the US, sparked by the question of the title: Is…

LAbryinth: The True Store of City of Lies, the Murders of Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. and the Implication of the…

A cheerfully illustrated book full of horrific murder stories, as told by the hosts of the incredibly popular Last…

Gina Rae La Cerva travels the world in search of something that most of us have lost: untamed food. The first Homo…