The discovery carries intense, personal meaning for an Alabama community of descendants of the ship's survivors.

It's time to shift the social contract of education away from short-term job training toward long-term development.

Government-funded schools evolved from a broader system of public education that couldn't provide what students needed.

Their experiences help explain why segregated spaces persist in Charleston's restaurants today.

Edward Said's Orientalism is still with us forty years after his influential book’s publication, but it is not the same as it was.

In 1919, a brutal outburst of mob violence was directed against African Americans across the United States. White, uniformed servicemen led the charge.

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Muslims came to America more than a century before Protestants, and in great numbers. How was their history forgotten?

The code has undergone minor changes since its creation, but its use persists to this day.

A company hopes its construction of a Historic District will satisfy those who are upset with its demolition of historic sites.