Mwatabu Okantah was at Kent State when Black History Month was first celebrated. He reflects on the groundwork laid and why ...

February is Black History Month and we've rounded up 120 inspiring Black History Month quotes from civil rights icons ...

Being Black in America is an honor and a privilege. Black people in this country have endured and overcome so much while simultaneously contributing to every aspect of America’s foundation, culture ...

Legislation to create school vouchers in Texas would send taxpayer money to private schools that teach anti-science ideas.

Kennedy Jr. was pressed to clarify his views on vaccines, abortion and public health priorities in the first of two senate ...

Countries that malign migrants are in quite serious need of new people. Nations in the wealthy world face a top-heavy future- ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s opinions about vaccine safety, both past and present, appeared likely to lead at least a few Senate ...

Often called the "Father of Black History," Virginia native and scholar Carter G. Woodson started Negro History Week in ...

Black History Month wasn’t always a monthlong celebration. In February 1926, historian and author Carter G. Woodson created Negro History Week. It was a weeklong celebration in an effort to teach ...

Historians, political scientists and former policy practitioners reflect on the use of history in the analysis of the ...

From Friday's decision by Judge Michael Watson (S.D. Ohio) in Sullivan v. Ohio State Univ.: American public universities have traditionally "prided ...