Todd Nelson identified Walt Whitman’s great Reconstruction-era essay “Democratic Vistas” as a way to understand our perilous time (“Revisit the cautionary words of Walt Whitman,” Nov. 11). Whitman was ...

With over 40 armed conflicts now taking place around the world, the costs of warfare are immense and continue to mount with ...

To appreciate the act of offering comfort for the victims of war, there are few better sources of inspiration than Walt ...

And Walt Whitman wrote a long essay titled “Democratic Vistas.” The author of “Leaves of Grass” (1855), whose poems are still found in every anthology of American poetry, felt moved to address the ...

US Ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman has resigned following Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election last week. “Like all U.S. ambassadors, I serve at the request of the president.

The State of Alabama and the City of Birmingham both have poet laureates in Ashley Jones and Salaam Green, respectively. Meet ...

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting fifth and sixth grade writers and artists from around Illinois ...

Whitman’s exist was sudden, but somewhat not unexpected following the election of Donald Trump as next US president. Chargé d'Affaires, Marc Dillard, will be in charge of the embassy until the ...

US Ambassador to Nairobi Meg Whitman resigned on Wednesday, a week after the stunning comeback of Donald Trump to the White House and amid sustained calls from Kenyans for her to go. Ms Whitman, an ...

Nairobi - Meg Whitman announced her resignation as US Ambassador to Kenya, revealing she had submitted her resignation to President Joe Biden. Ambassador Meg Whitman speaks at the US-Kenya Business ...