The U.S. was once the world’s most geographically mobile society. Now we’re stuck in place—and that’s a very big problem.

The escalating drive from President Donald Trump and other Republicans against programs to promote greater diversity in ...

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At 88, historian David Levering Lewis, a biographer of W.E.B. DuBois, has filled in gaps in his knowledge of his own family ...

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In our digital times as we are inundated with YouTube videos, memes and social media, satire is everywhere, but it can be more damaging to people's reputations than direct criticism, according to ...

A new study published in the Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics has found that anti-democratic sentiments among white ...

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The words of the Declaration of Independence are inspiring even after 240-plus years: “We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal and are endowed by their creator with ...

Congress passes the first Fugi­tive Slave Law. The law made it easier for a slave owner to re-take control of a slave who had ...