Historian Benjamin Heber Johnson, reared in Houston, retells Texas history in a way that will appeal to a broad range of the state's readers.

For only the second time in its history, three acts have been awarded the Polar Music Prize. Queen, Herbie Hancock and Barbara Hannigan have received the prestigious award, known as the “Nobel Prize ...

Many cases of colon cancer go undetected until it's too late, but screening is a powerful way of reducing risk.

Educational material about Black people, Latinos and women in the military have been changed on Arlington National Cemetery website.

The mostly Japanese American segregated unit was highly decorated despite facing prejudice after Japan’s attack on Pearl ...

Art critic Blake Gopnik spent hundreds of hours immersed in Barnes’s archives. The result is 'The Maverick’s Museum: Albert Barnes and His American Dream.' ...

Rob Christensen’s new book is “Southern News, Southern Politics: How a Newspaper Defined a State for a Century.” ...

The “Black Paris” exhibition features the works of about 150 major artists of African descent, many of whom have never or ...

Ohio State’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion was founded in 1970, following more than a year of protests against racial discrimination on the university’s campus. Nearly 55 years later, it was shut ...

The Voting Rights Act's legacy is under threat. Maryland's proposed Voting Rights Act could protect fair representation and voting rights for all.

The term “Buffalo Soldiers” was a nickname given to African American Soldiers who served in the United States Army in the ...