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Since its invention in 1743, roller skating has been tied to Black social movements.

Two educators use the history of corn, from the domestication of maize 10,000 years ago to today's ubiquitous "commodity corn," to teach about biodiversity.

Experts are confident that there will be a vaccine next year.

Often in the news today, anarchism is widely misunderstood. One myth is that it's a movement for white people.

A law of 1790 said that only "free white persons" were eligible to be naturalized. But courts struggled for years afterward to tell who was white at all.

An Arctic indigenous community has developed complicated but flexible "rules" for its own hunters to follow. Respect for animals is paramount.

Even the invention of the telescope couldn't convince all people to put aside superstitions about comets.

Toni Morrison was renowned for the musicality of her prose, so writing lyrics for classical music wasn't a huge stretch.

If Taylor Swift shifts her accent in her transition from country to pop, does she lose the personal authenticity important to country music?