Most people and schools in the United States honor Black History Month each February – but do you know how it began, how long it's been recognized and who started it? Here's a look at why February was ...

Last night I attended an interesting multi-media piece on “redevelopment and securing history” at the Public Theater in NYC. It was called Architecting. Stay with me. The play centers around a young ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. A few weeks later, Trump hosted a Black History Month reception at the White House.

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. The historian Rob Boddice sat cross-legged on his couch in Montreal on a frigid day last winter and conjured ...