Author and musicologist Joseph Horowitz stops in Bloomington-Normal this week as part of the fourth and final leg of a year-long celebration of American composer Charles Ives.

American Dreamer,” my biography of the 20th-century radical leader and activist, one of my colleagues cautioned me not to ...

The technology behind shades has changed over the centuries. From Inuit snow goggles to aviators to polarized sunglasses.

Discover the significant role of A. Philip Randolph and the Pullman porters in fighting economic discrimination. Learn about their impact on the labor movement and civil rights.

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It is often taken for granted that the total market return will in the long run be over 10%, a major source being the 75 year ...

Miami’s Black police officers had to follow a different set of rules. They were restricted to policing only Black ...

The early 20th century saw the birth of a movement that would forever change the landscape of African American culture and ...

Scholar Kathryn Vaggalis has untangled the complex racial identity of Greek immigrants to America in her research of Greek ...

As Margaret Burman Risher looks out from her porch, she thinks back on the 94 years she has lived in Turner Station, remembering a different world. Here's why.

For Trump and the broligarchy, rolling back more than a century of progressive reforms is essential to their drive to plunder as much wealth as they can from the rest of society.

The recent whirlwind of Trump administration foreign policy measures―many reversing those of the Biden ...