In 1904, Chief Lontulu laid 110 twigs in front of a foreign commission. Every twig represented a person in his village who died because of King Leopold's brutal regime in the Congo. His testimony joined hundreds of others to help bring...

Rubber is an extremely important part of modern living, from tires to clothes to building materials to adhesives. And though we don't often think of it in the same league as oil or cotton, industrialization drove the demand for rubber...