In December 1990, Tammy Homolka died after being drugged and raped by her own sister Karla and her sister’s fiancé Paul Bernardo, the murderous couple who’d go on to kill at least two more girls. Warning: This article contains graphic descriptions and/or images of violent, disturbing, or otherwise potentially distressing events.
Jim Rankin/Toronto Star via Getty ImagesTammy Homolka was just 15 years old when she was killed by her sister and her sister’s boyfriend. Read More...
Although the lives of the greatest American spies are always kept secret, it's the lives of the notorious double agents that capture the public's attention.AFP/AFP/Getty ImagesJulius and Ethel Rosenberg are seated in a police van in 1953 in New York shortly before their execution for espionage.
It’s no secret that the United States has had its fair share of duplicitous spies. Today, movies portraying double agents and TV shows like The Americans pay homage to Cold War fears and politics that now seem so far away. Read More...
From the 1960s until her death in 2014, Yuri Kochiyama fought for civil rights, reparations for Japanese Americans detained in concentration camps, and the anti-war movement, among other social justice causes. Civil rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize candidate Yuri Kochiyama became energized to fight for social justice causes following her detainment in the U.S. Japanese concentration camps during World War II. She later forged an unlikely friendship with black activist Malcolm X, whose head she cradled in her arms as he died from 21 gunshot wounds. Read More...
