Climate Activists Say They Will Stop Throwing Soup and Halt Disruptive Protest Tactics
Members of Just Stop Oil made headlines for their controversial demonstrations involving valuable artworks and artifacts. Now, they say they’ve achieved their initial goal
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The Daring 19th-Century Reformers Who Sought to End Prostitution by Offering Financial and Emotional Support to Urban Sex Workers
Led entirely by women, the American Female Moral Reform Society gave material aid to those in need and pushed for men to be held accountable for frequenting brothels
The Death of a Sports Legend on This Day in 1993 Changed How Americans Viewed AIDS
Tennis star Arthur Ashe achieved many firsts as a Black athlete. In the months leading up to his death, he thrust AIDS advocacy into the mainstream
Climate Activists Spray-Paint Warning on Charles Darwin’s Grave
The two protesters hoped to draw attention to reports that global temperatures in 2024 exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels for the first time
These Five Trailblazing American Women Will Be Featured on Quarters in 2025
The U.S. Mint’s American Women Quarters Program has announced its fourth and final group of honorees from throughout American history
The Ten Best Books About Food of 2024
Travel to the American South, Vietnam and beyond with this year’s best cookbooks, memoirs and historic deep dives
New Statue Honoring Civil Rights Activist John Lewis Unveiled in His Home State of Alabama
The life-sized bronze sculpture of the congressman joins statues of Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks in the Equal Justice Initiative’s Legacy Plaza in Montgomery
These Black Americans Were Killed for Exercising Their Political Right to Vote
In the Jim Crow South, activists became martyrs at the hands of white racists, all for the just cause of using the vote to fight for equality and freedom
Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Japanese Atomic Bomb Survivors Who Fight for Nuclear Disarmament
The grassroots organization, Nihon Hidankyo, was lauded for “demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again”
Hours After the Protesters Who Threw Soup at a van Gogh Were Sentenced, Three More Activists Repeated the Stunt
Two members of Just Stop Oil staged the original demonstration in late 2022. Group members say the harsh penalties will not deter their efforts
Banksy Takes Credit For an Inflatable Migrant Raft That Floated Across a Glastonbury Crowd
The street artist’s latest stunt is thought to be a criticism of the U.K.’s immigration policies
Climate Activists Spray Stonehenge With Orange Paint
Protesters with Just Stop Oil are demanding that the British government phase out fossil fuels by 2030
Why Juneteenth, the U.S.’s Second Independence Day, Is a Federal Holiday
The celebration commemorates June 19, 1865, when a military decree informed the people of Texas that all enslaved people were free
Climate Activist Vandalizes a Monet With an Apocalyptic Image
A protester was arrested on Saturday after plastering a poster over “Poppy Field” at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris
Rome’s Talking Statues Have Served as Sites of Dissent for Centuries
Beginning in the Renaissance, locals affixed verses protesting various societal ills to six sculptures scattered across the Italian city
A Century Ago, This Law Underscored the Promises and Pitfalls of Native American Citizenship
The 1924 Indian Citizenship Act sought to assimilate Native people into white society. But the legislation, signed by President Calvin Coolidge, fell short
How the Murder of a Black Grocery Store Owner and His Colleagues Galvanized Ida B. Wells’ Anti-Lynching Crusade
The saga of People’s Grocery stands as a powerful reminder of the centrality of Black radicalism to the food justice movement
What the Broadway Musical ‘Suffs’ Gets Right (and Wrong) About the History of Women’s Suffrage
The new show serves as an entertaining history lesson, but even that has its creative limits
Climate Activists Chip the Case Protecting the Magna Carta
The two protesters, who are both in their 80s, held up a sign that read, “The government is breaking the law”
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At 200 Years Old, the London National Gallery Is Redefining What It Means to Be a ‘National’ Museum
Despite its decidedly traditional art collection, the British cultural institution is adopting a contemporary approach to public outreach and accessibility
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