The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation exclusively told The Associated Press that Carla Hayden will join the humanities grantmaker ...

Questions linger about whether many of the displaced will return to communities. Also, is the soil healthy? Is the air clean?

Twenty year old recording artist Yung Lion is urging Jamaicans to "lion up" even in the face of the twin tigers of high ...

The former Librarian of Congress abruptly fired by President Donald Trump has found a new position with the country's largest ...

Some of our politicians have forgotten America was founded on religious freedom and respect for those whose religious differs ...

The year-long post places Hayden back at the center of the very debates over American culture that surrounded her dismissal.

Sgt. Shuntia Lucas is the first African-American woman to serve as a booking deputy and patrol officer in Dane County. She continues to break barriers as she climbs the ranks, now serving as a ...

She was the first African American woman to accomplish this feat. Her name may not be well known, but Bessie Stringfield’s prowess and bravado on a motorcycle are legendary.

For the last four years, the U.S. Mint issued five new quarters each year with an American woman on the reverse side. Former Rep. Barbara Lee, (D-Calif.-12), introduced the Circulating Collectible ...

Las Vegas Councilwoman Francis Allen-Palenske, the first Asian American woman elected to both state legislature and city council, champions diversity and public safety initiatives in Ward 4.

The African-American Community Fund (AACF) rrecently received over $550,000 from the estate of Ellenae Fairhurst, a late Dayton native who made a name for herself in the retail automotive industry.