Anna Hiatt is a reporter, photographer, and editor in New York City. She was the co-founder and editorial director of The War Horse and the founding publisher of The Big Roundtable. Her work has been in The Washington Post, Washington City Paper, Reuters, and many others.
The first African-American recruits in the Marine Corps trained at Montford Point, eventually ending the military’s longstanding policy of racial segregation.
The idea that death should be merciful is not new. Around 1800, pioneers of euthanasia pulled on the legs of those who'd been hanged to hasten their deaths.
