Sen. Mark Warner wants to rein in a 218-year old law granting presidents sweeping power to send troops to suppress protests, ...

Would you vote for a presidential candidate with facial hair? It seems that some modern politicians worry that people might not: No president-elect has sported facial hair since William Howard Taft ...

Back in the 1990s while working for the Clinton administration’s U.S. Office of Personnel Management, I wrote articles in ...

West Virginia Independence Hall marked the state’s 162nd birthday today with a special celebration, commemorating the ...

Salem hosted its second annual Juneteenth Jam Festival Thursday at Charlotte Forten Park to celebrate the federal holiday.

BOSTON, MA – Stanford professor, physician, and bestselling author Abraham Verghese began his address to the Class of 2025 by reflecting on his roots — as an immigrant who grew up in Ethiopia ...

Artists and writers from around the world have conveyed black people’s struggles, triumphs and contributions to American ...

Americans celebrate an imperfect path toward a more perfect union.

The first Juneteenth celebration took place in 1866, one year after Granger’s order. Some referenced the holiday as “Jubilee ...

Entrance fees to all 63 of the nation’s national parks will be waived on Thursday as the National Park Service commemorates Juneteenth.

While many across the country recognize Juneteenth as the end to the institution of slavery in America in 1865, some tribal nations in Oklahoma continued to own slaves until the following year, 1866.