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Because You Asked: Was There a “Real” King Arthur?

By Jessica Mason May 11th
The Mass That Saved Western Music

By Jessica Mason Feb 28th
Which Songs Are Definitely Not About What People Think They’re About?

By Kaila Hale-Stern Feb 18th
1917 Didn’t Force Diversity, It Shed Light on History

By Jessica Mason Jan 24th
Why Is Friday the 13th Considered Bad Luck?

By Jessica Mason Dec 13th
Things We Saw Today: Historians Can’t Comprehend that the “Lovers of Modena” Might Have Been Gay

By Jessica Mason Sep 14th
Exclusive: Adam Ruins Everything Uncovers the Truth Behind Women Shaving

By Kate Gardner Aug 20th
Ancestry.com’s Interracial Slavery Romance Ad Got the Backlash It Deserved

By Princess Weekes Apr 19th
Notre Dame Cathedral Is Burning

By Kaila Hale-Stern Apr 15th
What Shakespeare Left Out

By Kaila Hale-Stern Mar 22nd
The Spanish Princess Shows Katherine of Aragon Embracing Her Destiny & Having Red Hair

By Princess Weekes Mar 20th
The History of International Women’s Day Isn’t What You Might Think

By Kaila Hale-Stern Mar 8th
Coretta Scott King: Author, Activist, and Civil Rights Leader

By Princess Weekes Jan 21st
5 Historical Black Women Leaders Who Need Their Own Movies—Instead of Cleopatra

By Princess Weekes Jan 15th
Where Hands Touch Fails the Black German Experience by Creating a Nazi “Forbidden Love” Story

By Princess Weekes Jan 7th
How Yesterday’s Enemies Become Today’s Heroes: Martin Luther King Jr.

By Princess Weekes Jan 15th
Why Do We Expect Anything From the Trump Women?

By Princess Weekes Jan 4th
Previously Unpublished Zora Neale Hurston Book Will Be the Story of the Last Survivor of the US Slave Trade

By Princess Weekes Dec 20th
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Engagement Is a Big Deal Even If You Don’t Like the Royals

By Princess Weekes Nov 27th
Once Upon a November: Anastasia Turns 20!

By Kaila Hale-Stern Nov 21st