Harvard’s Legacy of Slavery Initiative released a public database Tuesday identifying 1,613 people who were enslaved by ...

While exploring the woods, we discovered a broken headstone from 1894 that led us to something much bigger. As we walked the ...

A secret ironworks in Sterling Forest produced the Great Chain that protected the Hudson. It wasn’t fully uncovered until the ...

The Falls Church Women’s History Group Marks America’s 250th by Honoring Local Women Who Turned Ideals into Action. Come this ...

Alabama’s Gulf Coast was the site of much Civil War history, including Fort Morgan in Gulf Shores. The fort took 15 years ...

An oil painting by Joshua Reynolds features a named naval officer and a Black child whose life story was unknown until ...

Racism that fueled the syphilis study still permeates the U.S. health care system, causing disparities in access to medical ...

Ancient rocks meet rolling waves where Edisto’s shoreline creates a natural masterpiece worth every sandy footprint. Photo credit: Daniel Island Real Estate Sometimes the best places are the ones that ...

Mildred Howard, Squeak Carnwath, and Jill Miller—whose remarkable creations engage the mind and stir the spirit. While they ...

Signs like “No dogs, no Negros, no Mexicans” once hung across the American South, stark reminders of racial segregation.

Mental health care in America has a long, complex history. Author Hannah Thurman explores the history of mental health care ...