The American scientist’s life is filled with fascinating details, and it can be argued that he saved the agricultural ...

After his death, his childhood home in Diamond, Missouri, was named as the George Washington Carver National Monument, the first time this happened for an African American. Carver was also ...

The state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter begins Saturday in his home state. Follow for updates on the motorcade from Plains to Atlanta ...

We speak with The Nation's Chris Lehmann about President-elect Donald Trump's escalating attacks on the press and how major media figures and institutions are “capitulating preemptively” to the ...

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The ghosts of George Rodrigue’s Acadiana childhood populate the pre-Blue Dog paintings that would one day bring him renown far beyond the bayou. The spectral depictions of friends, neighbors and ...

It took a partner’s joyful family event for this letter writer to grasp that not all families yelled and resented one another ...

Democratic philanthropist George Soros and actor-director Denzel Washington were also awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor in a White House ceremony. “For the final time as president I ...

Democratic philanthropist George Soros and actor-director Denzel Washington were also awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor in a White House ceremony. “For the final time as president I ...

Denzel Washington revealed how important his mother was to his acting career when looking back on their wholesome relationship.

As a child growing up in Michigan, Madonna suffered a tragedy that she says likely altered the entire course of her life. In the Sky documentary Becoming Madonna, the superstar speaks about losing ...

One of the many young hard-bop revivalists to have arrived on the scene in the late '70s and early ‘80s, Washington has been in particular demand by much older musicians, playing with such legendary ...