Today's story is about a Roman aristocrat and his failed attempt to overthrow the republic.

Although Italian food was at first seen as foreign and odd, by the mid-20th century Italian food became an integral part of America’s culinary landscape. One person influential in this change was Ettore Boiardi, aka Chef Boyardee.

In 1916, as World War I raged, a small group of Irish rebels struck a blow for freedom against the might of the British Empire. The Easter Rising in Dublin was a tragic failure, but it marks the start of Ireland’s successful struggle for independence.

Audre Lorde was a Black lesbian feminist poet and activist who used the written word to share her experiences living between the American dream and its reality.

In 1919, the golden image of baseball was tarnished when eight members of the Chicago White Sox were implicated in a scandal that rocked the nation—fixing the World Series.

You may be familiar with the WWII-era women's pro baseball league, famously featured in "A League of Their Own." But women were playing professionally long before then, including a 17-year-old pitcher who struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.

One of our great American poets shared his struggles with the dreams of America and the realities of living amongst the historical shades that created and sometimes betrayed them.

As Black and Asian subjects of the British Empire took to the game, they - like Jackie Robinson in American baseball – had to fight against racism and segregation.

Growing up in Saginaw, for decades I heard the name Audra Francis. She is memorialized in the Saginaw Hall of Fame. Several buildings have been named after her. And at least once Saginaw celebrated an Audra Francis Memorial Day. Yet, I didn’t find much published about her.

Born in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1921, Henry Marsh was an attorney, community leader, civil rights activist, and Saginaw, Michigan’s first Black mayor.