History

On this day in history the long and still unfinished journey to a nuclear test ban treaty got its start.

"I'm tired of preaching funeral sermons about dead people who have never lived to dead people who have never lived," said Reverend Ledbetter.

In spite of there being 20,000 U.S. border guards, the most at any time in U.S. history, the number of crossings remains unchanged.

The truth is old soldiers do die, but they don’t ever fade away.

Brecht's Alienation Effect took a different course after Hitler's rise to power. Spacey’s political drama is less about politics than about cold-blooded personal ambition.

Roman, medieval and World War II history mingle on the fascinating islands of Malta and Gozo.

The 1953 movie 'Malta Story' made me want to visit that tiny Mediterranean country so disproportionately weighted with lore from prehistoric times to WWII.

Impress your mother (or your friends) this year with your knowledge about the history of Mother's Day.

Patriots' Day, Evacuation Day, and Pinkster are a few of the local, forgotten, or obscure American holidays that enliven our sense of history.

Black opinion-makers for this generation and the generation to come are carrying on the tradition of molding black public opinion for progress.