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

VV Ganeshananthan, an American writer and journalist of Sri Lankan descent, who won the Women’s Prize for Fiction last year ...

Most of us have only scratched the surface when it comes to understanding racism in America. These books about racism can help you gain further insight and become a true ally and anti-racist.

A museum curator, historian and now author, Katherine Carter, has taken a distinctive view of Winston Churchill’s “Wilderness ...

The august scholar has two Pulitzer Prizes and a National Humanities Medal. In “The Stained Glass Window,” he seeks to ...

UNICEF is on the ground in the Gaza Strip, expanding aid delivery for children caught in a catastrophic situation.

NEW YORK (AP) — Books on slavery, the justice system, poverty and gender identity are among this year’s finalists for J. Anthony Lukas prizes, named for the late investigative journalist.

Introduction to "Misfit: a revolutionary life" by Captain Jack White (Livewire Publications, Dublin). Text from Revolt Against Plenty Website.

The world premiere musical by Joe DiPietro, Daniel J. Watts and Crystal Monee Hall will feature contemporary music and ...

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Conservatives might be tempted to hold up Reagan as representative of a nobler era. They’d be wrong.