History Benjamin Lay was the best radical vegan Quaker hunchback abolitionist of the 1700s Thom Dunn

History A new digital archive contains 374 US-Native American treaties, available for the first time ever Thom Dunn

US History The tiny doors in the US Capitol Gareth Branwyn

immigration The wild story of the first known Chinese person to live in Boston in the 1790s Thom Dunn

colonialism The mystery behind the "lost colony" of Roanoke has finally been answered, disappointingly. Thom Dunn

slavery The Boston Public Library needs help transcribing 40,000 anti-slavery documents from the 19th century Thom Dunn

statues The last time a Frederick Douglass statue was vandalized in Rochester, it was because of drunk college kids Thom Dunn

police Military police un-ironically re-stage the Boston Massacre during anti-police protests Thom Dunn

geography A short animated tour through every state in the US Mark Frauenfelder

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books Why capitalism and consumerism play so well with Christianity in America Elías Villoro

archaeology Review: Uncovering the layers of history and politics in Andrew Lawler's "Under Jerusalem" Gareth Branwyn

video games Yakuza series devs beat seven games in a row in 170-hour livestream Grant St. Clair

3d Did you miss National 3D Day? Bob Knetzger

science fiction Kickstart the audiobook for Cory Doctorow's new novel, Red Team Blues Thom Dunn

Trump promises "potential death and destruction" if he's indicted Mark Frauenfelder

Dead Whale Baseball team rebrands to honor Oregon's famed Exploding Whale Jason Weisberger

surreal estate Beverly Hills Witch's House owner gives impromptu tour Rusty Blazenhoff

dum, Florida principal fired after parents of sixth graders complained Michelangelo's David statue is "pornographic" David Pescovitz

"not trans people writ large" Asking for a "correction" JK Rowling podcast's PR firm mistakenly confirms her transphobia Jason Weisberger