When it opened in 1962, the bar was a hangout for writers such as Marguerite Duras, Samuel Beckett, Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir. It had lost some of its luster but is now being revived by ...

I remember in 7th grade, I had two African American teachers, one for English and the other for history, who challenged me in ...

To leave a lasting legacy is something many dream of doing. For Evelyn Plantillas, she didn’t have to look further than within her own family. Plastered on a middle school building, the name “Geneva ...

During the late 18th century, a flurry of social, political and economic changes offered many a new vision of personal ...

Michael Hiltzik tells California's story with a journalist’s reluctance to take anything at face value and a distrust of ...

Sun City' offers evidence that widespread isolation began long before Americans became absorbed in their phones.

Growing up in Gary, Indiana I never thought I would be part of Black history multiple times. I graduated high school with a 2 ...

Alphonse Pierre’s Off the Dome column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, scenes, snippets, movies, Meek Mill tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention. For this week’s column, ...

Surnames can reveal much about your family history, but they can also be a minefield of misinformation. By Paul Blake. Twenty members of the public describe what spurred them on to discover more ...

The term mental hygiene has a long history in the United States ... In 1893, Isaac Ray, a founder of the American Psychiatric Association, provided a definition of the term mental hygiene as "the art ...