This Wednesday, February 5th, would have been Hank Aaron's 92nd birthday. Born in 1934 in Mobile, Alabama, "Hammerin' Hank" became one of baseball's greatest players—and one of America's most dignified champions of equality.

Roe v. Wade was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court on January 22, 1973, recognizing that the Constitution protects a person’s right to privacy — including the right to make decisions about pregnancy without government interference.

On January 15, 2009, 155 people boarded a routine US Airways flight from New York to Charlotte, expecting an ordinary trip. Instead, they became part of what would later be known as the “Miracle on the Hudson.” Just minutes after takeoff, a bird strike disabled both engines, forcing Captain Chesley Sullenberger and his crew to make a split-second decision: safely land an Airbus A320 on the Hudson River in the middle of New York City.

On a crisp winter day in the U.S. Capitol, President Lyndon B. Johnson stood before Congress and made a bold promise: “This administration today, here and now, declares unconditional war on poverty in America.” It wasn’t a speech about numbers or budgets alone—it was a declaration that access and dignity were not privileges reserved for the few.

As the new year dawned in the middle of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed a document that would shift the moral weight of the conflict—and change the course of American history.

In a quiet Bell Labs lab in New Jersey, three physicists touched a strip of gold to a piece of germanium—and changed the future.

Migration isn’t new. It’s not a crisis or a trend. It’s part of the human story—people moving in search of safety, dignity, and the chance to build something better.

In the aftermath of World War II, the world was rebuilding—but not everyone was being included in that process. Millions of children were hungry, displaced, and forgotten in the margins of recovery.

Caroline Kennedy was born into the most famous family in American politics — but her life would be shaped as much by loss as by legacy.

She was just six years old.

On November 14, 1960, Ruby Bridges became the first Black child to desegregate an all-white elementary school in the American South.

On November 6, 2012, Wisconsin voters made history — and progress.

That day, Tammy Baldwin became the first openly gay person ever elected to the U.S. Senate.

October 30, 1735—John Adams was born
He would go on to become a founding father, the nation’s second president, and one of the loudest voices for American independence. A fierce defender of liberty, Adams helped shape a democracy built on bold ideals—but also bound by the limits of his time.

25,000 women marched up Fifth Avenue in New York City, demanding the right to vote.

“Woke” began as a word of vigilance — and of care.
Rooted in African American Vernacular English, it originally meant being awake to injustice, especially racism and oppression. One of the earliest uses came in 1938, when blues singer Lead Belly warned listeners to “stay woke” to racial danger after singing The Scottsboro Boys.

On October 8, 1941, Jesse Louis Jackson Sr. was born in Greenville, South Carolina. A close ally of Dr. King, Jackson led Operation Breadbasket to leverage Black consumer power for fair hiring and pay, later founding the Rainbow PUSH Coalition to advance voting rights, economic justice, and human dignity.

On October 2, 1869, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi — known to the world as Mahatma Gandhi — was born in India. His life became a testament to the extraordinary power of nonviolent resistance.

On this day, September 18, we celebrate the birthday of Anna Deavere Smith — actor, playwright, professor, and a groundbreaking force in American theater.

Love it or hate it, the Internal Revenue Service has been around nearly as long as the United States itself. Its roots stretch back to the Civil War, when President Abraham Lincoln signed the Revenue Act of 1862, creating the office of Commissioner of Internal Revenue and imposing the nation’s first federal income tax. The tax was meant to fund the Union’s war effort — and it worked, bringing in millions of badly needed dollars.

On September 11, 1789, Alexander Hamilton was appointed by George Washington as the nation’s first Secretary of the Treasury.

Thirty-four years ago today, on August 21, 1991, the people of Latvia reclaimed their freedom. After decades of Soviet control, the Latvian parliament declared independence from the USSR — even as tanks rolled through the streets of Riga.