A century before Beyoncé, Josephine Baker became America’s first global pop star. She broke barriers, built a brand, and ...

Policies from the Trump administration are already impacting readers, publishers and authors – and could continue given grant cuts and DEI reversals.

Behind the dream was a president torn between progress and politics. This video reveals what history left out.

The American lexicon was once filled with dozens, hundreds of charmingly quaint phrases that have now gone the way of the ...

Josephine Baker makes history as first Black woman honored in France’s Pantheon France is inducting Missouri-born cabaret dancer Josephine Baker who was also a French World War II spy and civil ...

On August 28, 1963, more than 250,000 people gathered in the nation’s capital for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The march was the brainchild of longtime civil rights activist and labor ...

Rally and march on the National Mall cap WorldPride events in D.C. Featuring a surprise message from Kamala Harris, Sunday’s closing event urged marchers to push against the rollback of LGBTQ+ ...

Following the No Kings protests that recently swept across the United States comes “Good Trouble Lives On,” a day of demonstrations planned in Washington state and nationwide in July. Called a ...

Following the No Kings protests that recently swept across the United States comes “Good Trouble Lives On,” a day of demonstrations planned in Washington state and nationwide in July. Called a ...

Josephine Baker is remembered principally as a spirited entertainer, the glamorous "Josephine" who became the toast of France. But there was a great deal more to Josephine Baker. She was a great lover ...

“Even the best pitcher on the team loses their fastball eventually,” one Democrat said of civil rights icon Eleanor Holmes Norton, D.C.’s delegate in the House.