Most Americans support allowing some terminally ill patients to end their own lives. But a Maryland bill’s narrow defeat ...

Seattle Opera's "Jubilee" tells the story of early members of Fisk University's Jubilee Singers, who spread their influential music around the world.

The economy, health care, and racial and ethnic inequality are among the top issues for Black voters in the presidential ...

Gentrification Isn’t Just Happening in Cities. It’s Also Happening in America’s Suburbs. This is your first of three free ...

Part of the former resort is now home to a group called "Lincoln Hills Cares," an outdoor leadership program for underserved youth in the Denver area.

While their stories are rarely documented, there are some exceptions, such as the 100 years lived by Lucy Vaughn, a former ...

New Mexico State University's offensive football coordinator is facing backlash for old posts on social media. Tyler Wright, the offensive coordinator, is under investigation after posts from ...

A closely watched state House race underscores how the fast-growing racial group, unpredictable in its political leanings, ...

Word In Black Having won reparatios for Japanese Americans in a landmark case, Donald Tamaki is appllying that wisdom as the only Asian ...

In one of his more bizarre claims, Trump insists Kamala Harris has a secret application that illegal immigrants have on their ...

Mother Bethel is the birthplace of the AME church, a major denomination of the Black Protestant tradition.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Ta-Nehisi Coates about his new collection of three essays, "The Message." It is Coates' return to nonfiction after nearly a decade.