There were Black soldiers fighting for the British. But others went to war for the colonists — who compared their own plight ...

Ted Widmer, a consulting editor for this special issue of Globe Ideas, is the author of “Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington.” He helped to create the George Washington Book Prize, ...

Maryland lawmakers voted Wednesday to create a commission to study and recommend potential reparations for slavery and the ...

Maryland lawmakers have approved a measure to create a commission to study and recommend potential benefits as reparations ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Cory Booker ended his record-setting speech the same way he began it, more than 25 hours ...

Nikole Hannah-Jones told a crowd of fellow Howard students and faculty at The 1619 Project screening that the Emmy ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently traveled to Guyana where he threatened military action against Venezuela.

America, América is the by turns woeful, despairing and ironic tale of the USA’s sustained attempts to turn its southern ...

The United States of Africa is the political uniting of all African and Afro Caribbean nations, along with Papua New Guinea, ...

This riverside gem sits perched on dramatic bluffs overlooking the mighty Mississippi, offering day-trippers a perfect spring escape where three centuries of history bloom alongside the dogwoods and ...

Braiding is more than a hairstyle. For generations, African American hair braiding styles have held deep cultural ...

He is easy to quote, but what would the iconoclastic British socialist really have thought about politics today?