As I begin my first year as president of the African-American Community Fund, a component fund of The Dayton Foundation, I am filled with deep excitement and a clear sense of purpose to carry forward ...

The landmark building was rescued from demolition and badly needs restoration. It’s not a relic, its owners say, it’s real, living history you can touch.

Avel Gordly, pioneering Oregon lawmaker and activist, passed away days after her 79th birthday, leaving a legacy in justice and public service.

The history of science has long been dominated by familiar male names, yet women have made extraordinary contributions that ...

It was 1970 and Black-Jewish relations weren’t at their best. Two years earlier, the Ocean-Brownsville teachers’ strike in ...

Arts, entertainment, film, festivals and more events happening this week in the greater Capital Region from Thursday, Feb. 26 ...

Actor Bijou Phillips, known for Almost Famous, seeks a living kidney donor after transplant failure, urging awareness on organ donation.

Chocolate’s journey from sacred drink to Valentine’s Day symbol was shaped by history, marketing and even chemistry.

Danielle Wiggins, a historian at Georgetown University, says Jesse Jackson’s 1984 and 1988 campaigns used rhetoric, tactics, and policy that would greatly benefit Democrats today.

That’s how Tom Stoppard’s “Leopoldstadt” and Alfred Uhry’s “Last Night of Ballyhoo” begin, and also Ian Buruma’s memoir about his grandparents, “Their Promised Land.” The idea is, as soon as you show ...

From a Tuskegee Study apology to vaccine distrust, Benita Harris spent her career at the CDC battling racial disparity in health care.