But the start of a new year brings a clean slate, a fresh opportunity to use words for inspiration and goal setting. For Black students, messages of encouragement and wisdom — especially from ...

Despite periods of intense polarization, the U.S. has always found a way to move forward, writes columnist Maple Buescher.

This year, Inauguration Day falls on Monday, Jan. 20. In honor of the day, you’ll find a collection of stirring Inauguration ...

At the age of 11, George Carver left the farm to attend an all-Black school in ... favoured people. He used his savings to establish the George Washington Carver Museum, Cultural and Genealogy ...

Kolhatkar: When we look at the results of the People’s Budget surveys, people were happy to designate a mere 1.64 percent of the entire city’s budget to police, which is quite remarkable. As an ...

Mexican street tacos, Miami-style bar food, and margaritas on tap liven up the sleepy downtown D.C. neighborhood ...

The once-fringe writer has long argued for an American monarchy. His ideas have found an audience in the incoming ...

Free is good. Guess what American city has more than 100 free world-class activities, including museums – more than any other ...

Tillman was a governor and U.S. senator who bragged about leading groups of white people who killed Black men who had been ...

Donald Trump and his gang of sore winners are returning to the halls of power, bent on burning everything to the ground.

In the final days of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s administration, his Interior Department pulled a fast one on him, renaming ...

Much of what people know about the activist is limited ... He is the only American, other than George Washington, whose birthday is a national holiday. Martin Luther King Jr. Day became an ...