When J D Harris (1833–84) began studying medicine in 1863, there were few African American doctors whose paths he could follow. The first university-trained African American physician, James McCune ...

Nearly 10 years ago, the New York University professor, historian and Pulitzer Prize winner was sitting in historic First Congregational Church, admiring a triptych of stained glass windows installed ...

During the Jim Crow era, Black tourists to Maine found recreational spaces where they were welcomed, not shunned.

NEW YORK (AP) — Books on slavery, the justice system, poverty and gender identity are among this year’s finalists for J.

Danielle Sassoon can’t be dismissed as some kind of liberal deep-stater. Her résumé suggests anything but: registered ...

The push for universal public education across the United States began in the midst of the Civil War — on the Union-occupied ...

The “spoils system” that preceded the Civil Service is usually dated from the administration of Andrew Jackson (1829-37), the first president not descended from the Founders. Those working under that ...

Schools serving military service members’ kids are pulling books on civil rights history after Trump’s DEI threats - Defense ...

While the primary goal of this week's meetings is to “restore" U.S.-Russian relations, the Ukraine war will be a key point as ...

President Trump says that Zelensky will be involved in the upcoming US-Russia talks in Saudi Arabia, though he didn’t say at what stage. Photo: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—Top ...

Russia’s spy services have a shadowy new unit taking aim at the West with covert attacks across Europe and elsewhere, Western intelligence officials say. Known as the Department of Special ...

A new book by the journalist Katherine Stewart finds a far-right movement seething in resentment, suspicious of reason and determined to dominate at all costs. By Jennifer Szalai Plenty of ...