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Members of the Red Cross Motor Corps, all wearing masks against the further spread of the influenza epidemic, carry a patient on a stretcher into their ambulance, Saint Louis, Missouri, October 1918.

COVID-19 Isn't the First Pandemic to Affect Minority Populations Differently. Here's What We Can Learn From the 1918 Flu

Black influenza death rates exceeded white influenza death rates in the yea...

Black influenza death rates exceeded white influenza death rates in the years prior to the 1918 pandemic, but the opposite was true during peak pandemic months

Urakami Cathedral stands in the ruins and destruction after the atomic bomb fell on Nagasaki

'Hiroshima' Has Become Shorthand for the Atomic Bombings. Here's Why We Shouldn't Overlook Nagasaki

Nagasaki survivors have struggled for more than seven decades to gain equal...

Nagasaki survivors have struggled for more than seven decades to gain equal attention for the trauma and aftermath of their bombing

The wrecked framework of the Museum of Science and Industry as it appeared shortly after the blast. City officials recently decided to preserve this building as a memorial though they had at first planned to rebuild it.

How a New Generation Is Carrying on the Legacy of Atomic Bomb Survivors

As survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki age, the question of who will voice ...

As survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki age, the question of who will voice their stories grows more urgent

Destruction in Galveston, Texas, after the great hurricane of 1900.

How Understanding the History of Hurricanes Can Help Us Prepare for the Next Big One

How we respond to that history takes on an added level of urgency in light ...

How we respond to that history takes on an added level of urgency in light of the threats posed by global warming

Press photographers and police snipers lie side by side on a roof opposite the Kreditbanken bank on Norrmalmstorg square in Stockholm on Aug. 24, 1973. A misfired robbery turned into a six-day standoff that gave birth to the phrase Stockholm syndrome.

A 1973 Bank Robbery Gave the World ‘Stockholm Syndrome’—But There’s More to the Story Than That

The popular conception of what Stockholm syndrome means was not even part o...

The popular conception of what Stockholm syndrome means was not even part of the original narrative

Ban Ki-moon (L) and his wife Yoo Soon-taek (R) lay a wreath at the monument of bombing centre in Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 5, 2010, when Ban was United Nations Secretary-General

To Honor the Victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 75 Years on, We Must Lay Down Our Nuclear Weapons

This should have been the year we made progress in giving up nuclear arms. ...

This should have been the year we made progress in giving up nuclear arms. It's not too late for the U.S. and Russia to take action

Black smoke darkens the sky over Southeast Los Angeles, during the fourth day of rioting in the area on Aug. 16, 1965

She Played a Key Role in the Police Response to the Watts Riots. The Memory Still Haunts Her—But Black History Is Full of Haunting Memories

The woman who picked up the first call into the police station on the night...

The woman who picked up the first call into the police station on the night the riots began has been dealing with the fallout ever since, writes Morgan Jerkins in this excerpt from the book 'Wandering in Strange Lands'

History

COVID-19 Isn't the First Pandemic to Affect Minority Populations Differently. Here's What We Can Learn From the 1918 Flu

'Hiroshima' Has Become Shorthand for the Atomic Bombings. Here's Why We Shouldn't Overlook Nagasaki

How a New Generation Is Carrying on the Legacy of Atomic Bomb Survivors

How Understanding the History of Hurricanes Can Help Us Prepare for the Next Big One

A 1973 Bank Robbery Gave the World ‘Stockholm Syndrome’—But There’s More to the Story Than That

To Honor the Victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 75 Years on, We Must Lay Down Our Nuclear Weapons

She Played a Key Role in the Police Response to the Watts Riots. The Memory Still Haunts Her—But Black History Is Full of Haunting Memories

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