Juneteenth, combining June and nineteenth, is a day that celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. It marks the day ...

A West Virginia county sought clarification regarding state law after a spokesperson for Gov. Patrick Morrisey said ...

US General Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, delivering the long-awaited news of emancipation to enslaved Americans — an ...

If she were alive, Texan Barbara Jordan would heartily endorse the celebration of Juneteenth, the federal holiday signed into ...

On Juneteenth, District residents are celebrating the holiday with various events, including a Freedom & Unity Walk and a ...

Latest threat comes as Congress weighs repeal of longstanding federal law aimed at protecting abortion clinics and staff.

The shootings of Democratic politicians in Minnesota renews questions about whether MAGA and Trump rhetoric are encouraging ...

The justices' 6-3 decision effectively protects from legal challenges many efforts by Trump's Republican administration and ...

Juneteenth, which is short for “June Nineteenth”, celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. The holiday, which is also known as “Freedom Day” or “Emancipation Day,” honors the day in 1865 ...

The Martin Luther King bust that sat in the Oval Office under the Barack Obama and Joe Biden presidencies has been moved by ...

A new book shows how federal higher education funding's high ideals often ran aground. But there are solutions to the crisis.

In mid-May of this year, former New York Times columnist and public intellectual Charles Blow declared on one of his social ...