The True American was famous for its opposition to the institution of slavery but also printed news and op-eds on a wide ...

United States history is riddled with events we half-remember that changed entire nations. Woods makes those real.

Xiao Gongqin thought that, in moments of flux, a strongman could build a bridge to democracy. Now he’s not so sure.

War horses were considered the true heroes of battle as they combated enemy blows and survived to carry their masters back to ...

The fever dream of falling into a love affair — in the case of Swift’s song, her relationship with the British actor Joe ...

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But Hughes is one of a handful of artists whose work spanned both the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and ’70s, which partnered with the modern Civil Rights Movement. In ...

Nora Holt was the first Black person in the United States to earn a master’s degree in music. A prolific composer and a club-hopping socialite, she once wrote a 42-page work for a 100-piece orchestra.

Recite these cozy Christmas poems to share the holiday spirit and make even your Grinchiest loved ones say, "Ho, ho, ho!" ...