A fiery advocate against gender discrimination, Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s radicalism reveals itself in her argument for the Equal Rights Amendment.

Sometimes finding the stories of marginalized populations demands reading between the lines.

The fact that people can use “literally” about things that can’t possibly be factual may literally make your blood boil.

When Audre Lorde wrote from St. Croix that Hurricane Hugo would not be the last natural disaster of its scale, she was pointing to human failures.

French filmmaker Alice Guy-Blaché was the first female film director, and renowned as an innovator in the field. Then she moved to Hollywood.

Dressed in a petticoat and bonnet, Mary Anning climbed precarious cliffs to find prehistoric fossils.

Classical nudes were once reserved for learned men in elite spaces. Then a hotelier hung Nymphs and Satyr in a public bar, shaking up NYC's bourgeoisie.

Well-researched stories from Aeon, Slate, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.

He brought us the term "global warming," furthering our understanding of the ways in which people affect the planet's climate.

In the 19th century, butter production became a valuable way for women to profit off their farms-- and it soon became a major agricultural product.