US history

Travel

A Photographer Recreates His Family’s Lost History 

07.27.18

By Clara Mokri
BTW, These Four States Legally Protect Confederate Monuments

06.13.17

By Katelyn Harrop
A Racist White House Doesn’t Surprise Black People

11.15.16

By Paris
The Black Undercover Cop Who Infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan in Colorado

05.30.14

By Matt Taylor

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Entertainment

Mr. T Celebrated His 74th Birthday With the Most Mr. T Birthday Cake Possible

The 1980s icon celebrated by thanking God, calling himself blessed, and showing off a cake with his most famous catchphrase.

3 hours ago

By Haley Miller
FBI/Pentagon

Life

The Pentagon’s New UFO Files Include Fighter Jets, Orange Orbs, and a Lot of Grainy Footage

A senior intelligence officer described a UFO encounter with a helicopter that allegedly left the crew “virtually speechless.”

4 hours ago

By Evan Roberson
Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for GLAAD

Music

This Puerto Rican Pop Star’s Concert Came To Screeching Halt After Someone Set off Tear Gas Near the Stage

Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin had to stop a concert due to a worrisome tear gas incident, but he was eventually able to resume the show.

7 hours ago

By Stephen Andrew Galiher
(Photo by Ke.Mazur/WireImage)

Music

On This Day 26 Years Ago, Eminem Released ‘The Marshall Mathers LP’, a Classic Hip-Hop Album That Rubbed Some Critics the Wrong Way

8 hours ago

By Caleb Catlin
(Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images for CinemaCon)

Music

50 Cent Candidly Opens up About Losing His Mom When He Was a Kid: ‘Everything That Was Good Went Away’

9 hours ago

By Caleb Catlin