History
The History of the Passport
Long before the passport became a small booklet tucked into a coat pocket, people still needed permission to travel. The…
Biographies
Pelé
Edson Arantes do Nascimento was born on 23 October 1940 in Três Corações, a small city in the Brazilian state…
Disasters
The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster
On the afternoon of 11 March 2011, Japan was struck by one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded. At…
Murder
The Freeway Phantom
Washington, D.C., in the early 1970s, was a city under pressure from every direction. The Vietnam War had brought protests…
