An Illinois village has voted to purchase the childhood home of the first American pope, with a trustee saying the ...

Blake Spencer explored the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site in Washington with two of his friends. The Howard ...

Yolanda Renée King is the sole grandchild of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King—and is just as passionate. She ...

You can lay out a blanket for any of these productions in city and suburban parks. Bonus: Most shows are free.

Almost four years after his “I Have a Dream” speech, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. arrived at a tent-in demonstration in DuPage County.

Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home can now be bought - Pope Leo XIV’s hometown is poised to acquire his childhood home ...

Pope Leo XIV's hometown is poised to buy his childhood home after the south Chicago suburb's board voted unanimously Tuesday ...

How a creative entrepreneur and a community are securing the future of working-class families in a Chicago neighborhood.

This Independence Day, the U.S. begins its countdown to the quarter millennium.

After nearly half a century, a Valley religious, community, and civil rights leader is retiring from his post at a historic ...

A month after a deadly tornado ripped through St. Louis, the extensive damage and slow pace of recovery expose the city’s long-standing racial and socioeconomic divide.

There are so many precious things under attack in this American moment. Our human rights, civil liberties and basic dignity ...