“Illinois has shown true courage and vision by leading the way in the Land ... That’s why measures such as the Mascot ban and history requirement are so important, the tribal leaders said ...

In "So Many Stars," Caro De Robertis' oral history collection, BIPOC queer elders reveal how chosen family became their foundation for survival & belonging.

Here’s why the name is so important in the Catholic Church Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor.

Rios explains why the fifth of May is an important date in Mexican history. “What Cinco de Mayo celebrates is the Mexican liberal victory over the French forces that had invaded Mexico," said Rios.

But this is more than an overtly Orwellian attack on Washington’s most important and popular museums; it is an attempt to whitewash, if not fully erase, our true history.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Christine Wenc, author of the new book Funny Because It's True: How the Onion Created Modern News Satire.

Growing up as an Irish woman, I often wondered why a Romano-British man became Ireland’s enduring global icon, eclipsing nearly every Irish woman in history. Yet every March, millions worldwide ...

Arguably the most important opponent of slavery in American history, Thaddeus Stevens is also the most forgotten. If the abolitionist Pennsylvania congressman is known at all today, it’s thanks ...

For those BUS students who transformed Negro History Week into Black History Month in February 1970, Woodson’s book, “The Mis-Education of the Negro,” was an strong influence.

The Forgotten—and Incredibly Important—History of the Abortion Pill ... to do everything it can to stop journalists from reporting things they don’t like—which is most things that are true.

Here's why your credit history carries more weight than your credit score, and why that matters. When it comes to your financial health, you've probably heard a lot about credit scores.

But it is also true that Deng Xiaoping ordered the crushing by the military of the Tiananmen Square protests for democracy in 1989. China today also has a clearly more authoritarian system than ...