Amanda Onion

Amanda Onion is a senior editor at HISTORY.com. She has worked as an editor and writer for multiple publications, including Newsweek, ABC News, Discovery News.

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Greg Louganis of the USA sets his feet on the edge of the diving board before attempting a dive in the men's spring board competition during the 1988 Summer Olympic Games held in Seoul, South Korea.
1980s

How Greg Louganis’ Olympic Diving Accident Forced a Conversation About AIDS

During a time when fear and stigma around AIDS and LGBTQ identity were pervasive, Louganis kept his diagnosis secret until years later.

September 11, 2001, George W Bush on Air Force One
21st Century

September 11: Six Ways Uncertainty Reigned Aboard Air Force One

On September 11, the Secret Service decided the safest place for the president was on board Air Force One. But being in the skies added to the day’s confusion.

Love letters written by poet Rupert Brooke, to his sweetheart Phyllis Gardner, on display at the British Museum in London. (Credit: Matthew Fearn/PA Images/Getty Images)
World War I

How World War I Changed Literature

World War I altered the world for decades, and writers and poets reflected that shift in literature, novels and poetry.

German General Alfred Schlieffen, author of the Schlieffen Plan for the defeat of Russian and France. (Credit: Universal History Archive/Getty Images)
World War I

Was Germany Doomed in World War I by the Schlieffen Plan?

The Schlieffen Plan, devised a decade before the start of World War I, was a failed strategy for Germany to win World War I.

The bodies of the British soldiers lying dead in their trench during the Battle of the Somme, 1916. (Credit: Mondadori Portfolio/Getty Images)
World War I

Why Was the Battle of the Somme So Deadly?

The Battle of the Somme was one of the largest battles of World War I, and among the bloodiest in all of human history.

U.S. Government and Politics

How the Great Compromise and the Electoral College Affect Politics

Larger states wanted congressional representation based on population, while smaller states wanted equal representation. They met in the middle.