According to the National Museum of African-American History, Kwanzaa is an African American and Pan-African holiday that celebrates history, values, family, community and culture. Kwanzaa was created ...

Amada Cardenas, a Mexican American woman who lived in the tiny border town of Mirando City in South Texas, played an ...

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The return of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to political life has raised uncomfortable questions about the future, not ...

The authors of the bestselling “How Democracies Die” talk with editor Michael Tomasky about what kind of mark four more years ...

The College of Charleston's Center for the Study of Slavery works with on-campus departments and local organizations to ...

The child-like obsession with buying stuff that American society is often criticized for around Christmas is a sought-after ...

When you think of Christmas and Santa Claus, one image pops into mind: A portly man dressed in a red and white velvet suit with black boots. But why is Santa always in red? Did it all start as a ...

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Mo, reacted to Biden commuting nearly all federal death row sentences less than two weeks after 'largest single-day grant of ...

Kerry Washington plays Lt. Col. Charity Adams, the real-life commander of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, in ...

In her new bestseller, “The Small and The Mighty,” Sharon McMahon highlights the fortitude of little-known American heroes ...