One of his first jobs was creating art out of human hair
Robert Fulton tried silversmithing, hair art and portrait painting before inventing the submarine. And the first commercial steamboat.
Persisters
Humans who push, persevere, pivot and persist...despite all the sh*t.
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She kept playing until her dream came true
Women played pro baseball in the 1800s, then during World War II. This month, 60 persisters who refused to switch to softball did it again. Meet one of them.
The Black town that was bulldozed for an airport
Trump has big ideas for Dulles. It's not the first time a president bullied his vision onto that land.
Freedom of the Press started with a guy writing smack about this vainglorious New Yorker
America once had a parade float, a statue and a U.S. cargo ship honoring the journalist. What, you've never heard of Pete Zenger?
She was shot in the head 15 years ago
And still, Gabby Giffords persists. Can she be our next First Lady, please?
Hidden Persisters helped get us to Mars, too
They built the rockets, ran the satellites, searched for life. Why haven't we heard of them?
Trump killed USAID. But some of them keep working.
A group of Persisters is quietly continuing to impact foreign aid and - behind closed doors - congress is hungry for their help.
They heard the Declaration and decided to kill Gold George
Today is the 250th anniversary of America's first statue takedown. They turned it into ammo to kill British troops.
The Persisters who unmasked bigots
Since 1870, leaders fed up with racist nonsense have persisted in banning the masks that let hate hide
What happened the past 250 years? America!
I helped write a book that tells our nation's story. It's for kids, but I think it's the inspiration we all need right now.