Ancient Mother Goddesses—And What They Represented
These five deities influenced rituals, social roles and conceptions of womanhood.
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How Devil’s Tower Got Its Name
How Devil’s Tower Got Its Name
How Devil’s Tower Got Its Name
Devil's Tower is one of the most recognizable features of the American landscape, but not everyone agrees on what it should be named.
Who Said It?
Who Said It?
Imagination should be the center of your life.-Ray Bradbury
The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.-Rosa Parks
Mother's Day
Mother's Day
7 Mother’s Day Traditions Around the World
While specific traditions vary, nearly every country observes a day to honor mothers.
The Real Story Behind the 'Migrant Mother' Photo
Florence Owens Thompson was a Cherokee woman who was a young mother and cotton picker when Dorothea Lange captured her image in the Depression-era photo.
Why the Founder of Mother’s Day Turned Against It
Anna Jarvis, who founded Mother's Day in 1908, passionately opposed its growing commercialization and eventually campaigned against the holiday.
How George Washington’s Iron-Willed Single Mom Taught Him Honor
Mary Ball Washington has been cast as a villain and a saint. In reality, she was an independent woman at a time when few others were.
Find out about the ancient roots and modern history of Mother's Day.
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HISTORY Shorts
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Dorothea Lange captured the reality of the Great Depression in the faces of those who struggled most.
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A lone wolf inmate with dreams of writing crime novels becomes the star of his own breakout from a historic Mississippi prison farm.
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Who's Making History
Who's Making History
Agatha Christie
An avatar of the late British novelist is “teaching” a writing course with the online lecture series BBC Maestro.
Jack Black
Black's 34-second song from ‘A Minecraft Movie’ is the shortest to ever chart the Billboard Hot 100.
Lady Gaga
The pop star attracted the largest-ever audience for a female performer, drawing an estimated 2.5 million people to her May 3 free concert on Brazil's Copacabana Beach.
Kevin Costner's The West
Kevin Costner's The West
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Delve into the epic history of the American West and how the desperate struggle for the land still shapes the America we know today. The series premieres Memorial Day at 9/8c and streams the next day.
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