The Times contends in their 1619 Project that the true founding of our nation is not 1776, but when the first slave arrived ...

Richard Matheson's 1954 novel I Am Legend, while ostensibly a vampire story, is still the gold standard of the modern zombie ...

Sean 'Diddy' Combs has been found guilty of violating the Mann Act. But the split verdict has stirred confusion about sex ...

That got me thinking that Thoreau should be the fourth instalment of my Historical Heroes series wherein I take admirable ...

When I was a teenager, a mostly forgotten series of novels taught me U.S. history. How would they read to me now?

High court’s decision fuels uncertainty about whether babies born to immigrants lacking legal immigration status will be ...

A groundbreaking lawsuit representing prisoners forced to work in “inhumane” conditions could finally put an end to Angola ...

More than 1,000 people watched Lake County’s inaugural Juneteenth parade, and over 3,500 participated in the Juneteenth ...

In grade school, I lived in Springfield, Illinois. When family or friends visited, we would invariably take them to see ...

— fizzy59 7."Double dates. I no longer agree to them. Every time my husband tells me that he promised one of his friends that 'we’ll get together sometime with the wives,' I bluntly refuse.

In the spirit of Frederick Douglass’ historic speech, 20 currently and formerly incarcerated Americans explain what Independence Day means to them.

Juneteenth has only been a national holiday since 2021, but KBIA’s Katelynn McIlwain and Rebecca Smith bring us the story of ...