Prompted by the horrors experienced by civilians during World War II, the newly constituted United Nations decided to draft a ...

One act of brutality sparked a national reckoning and helped bend the arc of American history toward justice. As part of ...

The 40th anniversary of the Challenger explosion stirs the memories of Long Island educators who watched the disaster on ...

In the premier episode Let My People Go, Gates explores the early history, alliances and the core differences at the start of ...

In October 1943 the second world war was in full swing and the tide was turning against the Axis powers, though there was no ...

The President’s House, which serves as a memorial to the nine people George Washington enslaved there during the founding of ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Cheryl W. Thompson about her book, "Forgotten Souls: The Search for the Lost Tuskegee Airmen," which chronicles Black World War II pilots who were lost in combat.

Ukraine’s president has shaken Europe, called it a ‘salad’, and demanded it live up to its global potential in an emotional ...

Filmmaker Leslie Iwerks digs deep into the past to unearth how the groundbreaking theme park came into existence ...

One of the top designers of his era, Italy's elegance aficionado Valentino Garavani, spent nearly half a century dressing the world's great beauties, from ...

Valentino Garavani was not only a constant guide and inspiration for all of us, but a true source of light, creativity and ...