North Korea’s founder cribbed much of his god-king persona from Protestantism, according to this stimulating debut history. Wall Street Journal reporter Cheng traces Kim Il Sung’s totalitarian ruling style back to his boyhood growing up in the thriving Presbyterian Church…[Continue Reading...]
Transcript Look closely at this symbol. You’ve been told it’s proof that someone is watching. We’ve all heard stories of the secret order, but is the Illuminati real? Short answer: Yes. The plural of the Latin illuminatus—meaning “revealed” or “enlightened”—the…[Continue Reading...]
From KKK recruitment materials and decades-old propaganda to meeting notes and ledgers, the Mississippi Department of Public Safety’s findings are both alarming and imperative to telling the full story of America. Now, The Root is taking a closer look into…[Continue Reading...]
As Christmas break got underway at Ohio’s University of Dayton in December 1923, multiple bombs were set off across the campus. Local members of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) had targeted the school because it was a Catholic institution, and…[Continue Reading...]
See the vast in-depth historical archive about Scientology at the Cult Education Institute, which includes everything from Scientology's history to the celebrities and seemingly odd practices that make this "church" so controversial.[Continue Reading...]
In the fall of 1866, in the war-weary town of Pulaski, Tennessee, a group of bored young Confederate veterans came up with a new way to amuse themselves by creating a ghostly costumed fraternity. They called it the Ku Klux…[Continue Reading...]
Joseph Hone, author of The Paper Chase: The Printer, the Spymaster, and the Hunt for the Rebel Pamphleteers (Chatto & Windus, 2020) The 17th century was an age of conspiracies. It was also an era in which discerning real conspiracies…[Continue Reading...]
A tapestry of the Taiping Rebellion, a widespread civil war in southern China from 1850 to 1864, led by heterodox Christian convert Hong Xiuquan, who claimed to be Jesus Christ’s younger brother. Photo: Getty Images. A tapestry of the Taiping…[Continue Reading...]
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