In 1782, as the Revolutionary War raged on and the design of what would become the Great Seal of the United States was finalized, a Black woman named Belinda Sutton petitioned the Massachusetts…

SALISBURY, Md. – Members of the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission met today in Salisbury, discussing the lynching and murder of 3 men in Salisbury between 1890 and 1930, one of whom…

For years, the family of Sylvie Binachi kept a secret – one that was finally told by a cache of photographs and films in her attic. The documentary 'Nelly &…

A strange burial in an ornate cauldron, burials with horses and more show multiple cultures in ancient western Ukraine in Roman times, and hint at why it was so In…

NEW YORK (AP) — Even before Superstorm Sandy’s floodwaters surged over New York City’s Rockaway Peninsula, there was an air of decay in Edgemere, a far-flung seaside neighborhood long pockmarked with boarded-up…

In the past 500 years, when a rising power has challenged an existing one, war has broken out on 12 of those 16 occasions. Can the Americans and Chinese avoid…

We are beyond thrilled to share that The Public Theater’s Board of Trustees has unanimously selected arts supporter, activist, and longtime board member Luis A. Miranda, Jr. as our next board chair!   Luis is…

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A new art installation that visitors can walk through on New York’s Governors Island features giant chain links grinding overhead, pointing to the legacy of slavery…