I remember being forced to learn Hebrew and study Jewish history for my bar mitzvah, and as a 13-year-old, I hated it.

Mansa Musa, emperor of Mali, is deemed the richest man in history, with wealth so vast that historians struggle to quantify it accurately.

A captivating exploration of seven remarkable books that transcended the written word to become Academy Award-winning films, ...

A new law permits the D.C. Council to establish a commission that will give “reparations” to descendants of enslaved people.

We know that it means the children of former slaves are citizens. That was its stated purpose and the plain language of the ...

Their lives were thrown into chaos when they decided to travel to England to establish trade relations – but got sold into ...

Were there demonstrations and protests in ancient Greece and if so, how did people get the chance to participate?

Saratoga-born Ella Robinson Madison played pivotal roles in "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and the play that inspired "Porgy and Bess" ...

At the embattled Saint Augustine's University, internal complaints and lawsuits reveal disputes about how the board has managed the school.

Despite being little more than the answer to trivia questions today, Vaughn Meader was a pioneer who paved the way for ...

A new book by UC Santa Cruz astrophysicist and visual artist Nia Imara debuts tomorrow that explains the universe and traces how art has blended with science throughout human history.

Nantes, a city that prospered from maritime trade but for more than a century it was also France’s largest slave-trading port. Today the city is acknowledging this with one of Europe’s most ...