1970s

An Oral History of Stretch Armstrong’s Delightful Destructibility

To help get you into the spirit of the season, this week we’re presenting MEL’s 2021 Holiday Toy Catalog! But instead of trying to sell…

Nazis, the KKK and Murder in Broad Daylight: The Greensboro Massacre of 1979

For 40 years, the North Carolina city has tried to forget about the role it — and its corrupt police department — played in a mid-day shootout in a Black neighborhood that took the lives of five people

The Fishy Tale of Dishwasher Salmon

It is the ultimate relic of a bygone era when science trumped taste

An Oral History of the Star Wars Immunization Campaign

When President Carter needed help getting America’s children vaccinated, he didn't just turn to the CDC, he enlisted a couple of droids from a galaxy far, far away