When Americans speak of the "Founding Fathers," they usually have a group of about six men in mind: George Washington, Thomas ...

Marc Kelly Smith thought he'd retire to a small town in western Illinois. Instead, he's onstage in Chicago, reciting his ...

Even during his lifetime, Washington faced criticism for holding slaves. In 1775, British essayist Samuel Johnson criticized ...

George Washington kept slaves as president, but a federal display commemorating them has now been dismantled in Philadelphia.

The exhibit memorialized nine people enslaved by George Washington. The Park Service said it was being removed in accordance ...

The Paris Review interview with poet John Berryman was conducted in Minneapolis, the site of the May 25, 2020 crime scene ...

As news reports proliferate of multimillion-dollar — and possibly billion-dollar — fraudulent diversions of government funds involving Minnesota’s Somali immigrant community, it may be time at one ...

It’s going to be lit. The Washington Monument will double as a giant birthday candle on New Year’s Eve to kick off the yearlong celebration of America’s 250th anniversary. Freedom 250, a nonprofit ...