The Slave Societies Digital Archive documents the lives of approximately 6 million free and enslaved Africans in the Americas.
Striking 20th-century garment workers wore their best dresses and hats to send a message that they had the right to be taken…
Children in countries like South Korea and Russia are more obedient, while American kids tend to be more self-indulgent.
It's easier to make the list than you might think.
A recent survey found that Americans trust local media outlets far more than national ones.
In a time when women were expected to be silent, no topic was off limits for Pulter, who penned verses about politics, science…
For decades, Bangladesh had a very vibrant – and highly political – rock scene. But the genre is struggling to survive…
The Pilgrims repeatedly thanked God for their good fortune. But without two earlier developments, the entire undertaking…
Throughout the movement's history, African Americans and whites lived, worked and protested side-by-side. It was one…
The demographics of name change petitioners today – and the reasons that they give – tell a complicated story of race,…
Daaim Shabazz, an international business professor and chess journalist, explains what's at stake as American grandmaster…
Physician Magnus Hirschfeld advocated for those he called 'sexual intermediaries.' His activism began before World…
Over the past 20 years, the number of American households that have grandparents, their kids and their grandkids living…
As their kids get older, should parents should be more – not less – vigilant?
Born Farrokh Bulsara, Mercury came from a Parsi family that practiced Zoroastrianism, a religion that influenced Judaism,…
Will it embolden or neuter the Arab world's autocratic regimes?
Fifty years ago, Sly and the Family Stone sang 'We got to live together, I am no better and neither are you.' The…
The holiday used to be all about trick-or-treating in the neighborhood. No more – and it could something to do with the…
A few musicians metaphorically took to the streets. But most fled for cover.
For decades, the alternative weekly's photographers served as the eyes of the streets, working with activists to document…