Antarctica is considered one of the biggest mysteries on Earth. Ice, glaciers, snow, polar bears, mountains, secret bases, dangerous...

Currently, the continent only hosts a temporary transient population of scientists and support staff. Antarctica is the only continent on Earth...

Antarctica is losing ice at an accelerating rate. How much will sea levels rise? The frozen continent of Antarctica contains the vast majority of...

The records left by the Freedmen's Bureau through its work between 1865 and 1872 constitute the richest and most extensive documentary source...

White teachers—mostly women—dominated Virginia freedmen's schools during Reconstruction, but African Americans eventually won the opportunity...

After the divisive, destructive Civil War, Abraham Lincoln had a plan to reconcile the country and make it whole again. Then he got shot, Andrew...

Color of Change national effort aimed to build Black political power from the ground up. The National Bail Out collective is a Black-led and...

The National Bail Out collective is a Black-led and Black-centered collective of abolitionist organizers, lawyers and activists building a...

The most powerful elected official you may not know. District attorneys (DAs) are more than just prosecutors. The district attorney’s job is to...

In this animated interview, the sociologist Bruce Western explains the current inevitability of prison for certain demographics of young black men...

In a powerful and wide ranging discussion, Congressman Elijah Cummings implores Americans to hold a mirror to ourselves and ask if we like what we...

Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings lies in state outside the House chamber where he served for 23 years.