If Joan Didion had an overarching preoccupation as a journalist and novelist, it was to find interstices where truth and myth ...

The cover of 'Nance: A Girl of Color and Her Lawyer Abraham Lincoln,' a new book by Kevin Orlin Johnson. It details the case ...

Alabama this weekend is marking the 60th anniversary of a key event in the civil rights movement, when voting rights marchers ...

As these nature quotes prove, nature is full of infinite allure and ceaseless wonders. It beckons us to immerse ourselves in ...

The former Democratic senator from Texas is best remembered for his zinger in a debate. But Bentsen's family says his legacy ...

South Florida's own Brad Meltzer has published "The JFK Conspiracy. " News from page 2 of The Palm Beach Post in 1960, now ...

Although they signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776, to sever all ties to Britain - including the monarchy - celebrity-obsessed America cannot get enough of the royal family.

The practice of daylight saving time started in some areas of the United States in 1918. President Lyndon B. Johnson made the ...

Andrew Young remembers a surreal national moment when ABC News interrupted its Sunday night airing of the movie “Judgment at Nuremberg,” which explored the bigotry, war crimes and complacency of ...

It’s not yet clear whether Trump’s pardons will herald a period of national harmony – as past presidents hoped for – or more ...

In this guest column, Young Democrats of Louisiana's Colin Carter argues that new DNC Chair Ken Martin is the right man to ...

The historic city of Selma, Alabama, is preparing to welcome thousands of visitors for the 60th anniversary commemoration of “Bloody Sunday” and the subsequent Selma-to-Montgomery ...