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Gun control legislation that passed and failed over the last 20 years

From WikiLeaks to Colonial Pipeline, a history of cyberattacks in the US

When women got the right to vote in 50 countries

What the US Air Force looks like today

Notable Supreme Court decisions passed in 2021

Government

Notable Supreme Court decisions passed in 2021

Bills that can’t get passed with the current filibuster rules

What decisions are made based on the census?

Gun control legislation that passed and failed over the last 20 years

How executive powers are transferred after a presidential election

History

Leading theories about D.B. Cooper and 30 other unsolved mysteries

How America has changed since the first census in 1790

Notable events in the history of Earth Day

A history of police violence in America

LGBTQ history before Stonewall

Military

From WikiLeaks to Colonial Pipeline, a history of cyberattacks in the US

What the US Air Force looks like today

Where US military aid is being spent, ranked

A history of US submarines from the Revolution to today

What 25 historic battlefields look like today

Politics

History of the NRA

Do you know your state's senators?

States with the most conservatives

Youngest and oldest presidents in US history

Republican Party history from the year you were born

Society

Resources for homelessness in every state

40 fascinating facts about the news industry

50 facts about food insecurity in America

30 ways to support your neighbors this holiday season

50 facts about homelessness in America

World

How the US aids Israel, from defense spending to agriculture

Where political leaders around the world live, in photos

Smallest countries in the world

Biggest countries in the world

When women got the right to vote in 50 countries

Most expensive U.S. military weapons and programs

Do you know your state's senators?

States with the most conservatives

Youngest and oldest presidents in US history

States that pay their politicians the most

100 of the greatest speeches of the 20th century

Major civil rights moments in every state

50 essential civil rights speeches

50 famous firsts from political history

25 ways America changed during the Trump administration