Joe Gillard

5 Things You Should Know About Juneteenth

Juneteenth is celebrated in the U.S. on June 19th, and celebrations of Juneteenth have become…

The Incredible Reason the Choctaw and the Irish Have a Special Bond

Only 14 years after most of the Choctaw people were forcibly relocated in the Trail…

Ronald McNair, the Boy Who Refused to Leave the Library

Ronald McNair was one of the astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger when it exploded…

How Teddy Roosevelt Beat the Racists and Saved Minnie Cox’s Legacy

Theodore Roosevelt and Minnie Cox No one could have said that Minnie Cox was anything…

Mademoiselle Maupin, the 17th-century bisexual sword-fighting singer

The extraordinary, rebellious life of Julie D’Aubigny, also known as Mademoiselle Maupin Born in 1673,…

The 2,500-Year-Old History of Adults Blaming the Younger Generation

Long before Tide Pods, we were blaming "millennials" in some form or another for ruining…