Cyrus began consistently documenting New York City in the nineties. His images of Harlem—its streets, its jazz clubs, its dark, soulful nights—evoke the place like nothing else.

Tennessee congressional redistricting has Black Chattanooga voters gearing up for a renewed fight for city council representation.

Ten years ago, Nikole Hannah-Jones wrote an essay about her decision to send her daughter to a segregated, low-income school. The essay was influential on parents and policymakers, and Nikole spent a ...

At least 550,000 voters registered or updated their registration last week, according to final tallies the nonpartisan nonprofit National Voter Registration Day shared exclusively with Democracy Docke...

Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection.

A lock of hair, 15 years of sleuthing and a 200-year-old question. In History by a Hair, Smithsonian Institution scholar Richard Kurin follows the DNA trail back to Thomas Jefferson.

We asked artists, designers, chefs and writers how they’re embracing the seasonal shift and preparing for upcoming projects.

We asked artists, designers, chefs and writers how they’re embracing the seasonal shift and preparing for upcoming projects.

Treasure trove comprises 700 10th-century objects and fragments, weighing almost 18.5kg

Steinem was one of the most recognizable figures in the modern women’s movement and a longtime journalist who cofounded both New York Magazine and Ms. Magazine.

It wasn’t about showbiz. It was about sovereignty.

Community-based philanthropy and fighting for the underdog defined the superstar’s legacy.

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Check out this great listen on Audible.com. A magnificent cultural biography that charts the life of one of our greatest writers, situating her alongside the key historical and social moments that shaped her work. As the first Black woman to consistently write and publish in the field of science f...

What Jason Arday's death by media mob says about the old machinery of anti-Black terror in the algorithmic age.

To prove the president’s claims of illegal voting, the government has harnessed the power of Homeland Security Investigations, a branch of DHS established to combat the worst cross-border crime. So fa...

Hours after federal agents removed the restored panels at the President’s House slavery memorial under the cloak of darkness and replaced them with new ones, attorney Michael Coard of the

The secretary of defense is sending the message that Black service members are not welcome.