Society & Culture Archives

How & When Walter McMillian Was Released From Death Row

In 1988, Walter McMillian was wrongfully convicted of murder. Learn when Walter McMillian was released from prison after years of lies.

Zip2 was a dot com company that was created by the Musk brothers and turned Elon Musk into a millionaire. Here’s more on Elon Musk and Zip2.

Throughout his life, Jordan Belfort struggled with addiction. Discover how Jordan Belfort’s drug experience led him to rock bottom.

The social structure of India is a prime example of a society with a caste system. Learn about its history and religious origins.

Sun Tzu’s philosophy revolves around attaining victory without direct fighting. To this end, he came up with these five principles of war.

Steve Jobs’s personal life was complicated. For one, he denied paternity of his older daughter for years. Here is more of his personal life.

Where is Jeannette Walls’ family now? At the end of The Glass Castle, the Walls children and their mother reunite in New York City.

Britney Spears’s childhood was far from normal. Check out how Spears grew from a young girl in a dysfunctional home to a successful pop star.

Making and enjoying art benefits our psychological, physical, and social well-being. Learn why art might be a necessity, not just a hobby.

A Taliban gunman shot Malala Yousafzai on her way home from school. Learn what happened after the shooting that nearly took her life.