If you’re accused of a crime in America and can’t afford a defense attorney, the court will appoint one. ...

National Hispanic Heritage Month, observed in the United States from September 15 to October 15, celebrat...

A mural titled Our Story: Portraits of Change was recently displayed in Washington. The mosaic forms a po...

In September 2001, after terrorists attacked the World Trade Center in New York, the Maasai people of Ken...

The University of Virginia, acknowledging its past as an institution that enslaved 4,000 people to build ...

On Labor Day, which falls on the first Monday in September in the United States, many workers took a well...

Historic events and outstanding devotion from military and civilian stalwarts have long been the inspirat...

Beyond marking the end of summer for Americans, Labor Day honors the social and economic achievements of ...

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitut...

Gender equality is a better predictor of a state’s peacefulness than gross domestic product, a recent Sta...

Almost 50 years ago, the world’s first independent living facility run by and for people with disabilitie...

NASA has renamed its Washington headquarters to honor Mary W. Jackson, the first female African American ...

University of Pennsylvania Ph.D. candidate Mark Bookman has studied in Japan several times, starting out ...

To enter a shop and chat with the person behind the counter is a rare experience for deaf and hard of hea...

Juneteenth, or June 19th, is an annual holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. ...

The United States leads the world in assisting refugees abroad until they can safely and voluntarily retu...

In the United States, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, the right of people to assemble peaceably ...

For hundreds of years Americans have taken to the streets to say, “This is what we believe, and we will b...