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After the Supreme Court struck down affirmative-action, the college admissions essay will become even more important. → Read More
"The devastating impact of this decision cannot be overstated,” Sotomayor wrote. → Read More
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that considering race as a factor in the college admissions process is unconstitutional. → Read More
How General Custer became a hero in American history- and why that perspective is complicated by the Native American experience of his most famous battle. → Read More
Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when enslaved men and women in Texas found out they were free. But liberation didn't arrive in one day. → Read More
Mike Pence is only the third Vice President to run against the President he served under in US history. The last one was one of FDR's Vice Presidents. → Read More
'My Friend Anne Frank' by Hannah Pick-Goslar comes out on June 6. → Read More
Rep. Gerry Studds came out 40 years ago with a speech on the House floor. Rep. Barney Frank said it affected his own coming out. → Read More
A California appeals court recommends Leslie van Houten, the youngest Mansion family cult follower, be released from prison. → Read More
But while a default would be unprecedented, this isn't the first time Washington has been down this road. → Read More
Fifty years ago, a standoff between Native Americans and the U.S. government ended. Here's what happened. → Read More
Why Rev. Al Sharpton and others are comparing Jordan Neely's death on the subway to Bernhard Goetz's 1984 case. → Read More
From Merle Oberon's obscured identity to a win for an actress in yellowface to 2023's record-breaking year. → Read More
Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler is considered the first Black woman physician in the U.S. → Read More
From pinatas to pretzels to eating muskrat, some traditions for the period of Lent have taken on a life of their own. → Read More
Marlon Williams-Clark teaches one of the pilot AP African American Studies classes in Florida. Here's what happened after the state banned the course. → Read More
The practice is believed to date back to the Cold War. → Read More
A former head of the Information Security Oversight Office at the National Archives says it happens all the time. It's the next step that counts. → Read More
Fit Nation by Natalia Mehlman Petrzela offers a surprising history of exercise in the U.S.—from wartime readiness, to Joseph Pilates, to Richard Simmons. → Read More
The documentary offers a history lesson in an effort to contextualize their experience as British royals. → Read More