A new biography of the Berlin-born philosopher emphasizes his combination of stubborn unworldliness and startling prescience.

Rock climbing, riding scooters and jumping rope are only a few of the ways students at Benjamin Banneker Elementary School are taking part in the American Heart Association Kids Heart ...

When Tatiana Schlossberg submitted an essay to The New Yorker, it had not been assigned or even expected. It was accepted immediately and barely edited. By Jesse McKinley It was the kind of piece that ...

The University of Oklahoma removed the instructor involved in a controversy over First Amendment rights after giving a failing grade to a student who cited her religious beliefs in an essay about ...

KSHB 41 reporter Fernanda Silva covers stories in the Northland. She learned about Banneker School's history during our Let's Talk Series in Parkville. She also focuses on issues surrounding ...

A student at the University of Oklahoma is speaking out after she received a zero on an opinion-based essay in which she cited the Bible. The teaching assistant, who identifies as transgender, called ...

The Banneker Community Center in Bloomington was originally established in 1915 as a segregated school for African American children. It was named after Benjamin Banneker, a pioneering Black American ...

The essay, written for a psychology class by a University of Oklahoma student, called the idea of multiple genders “demonic.” The instructor said it did not answer the assignment. By Mark Arsenault A ...

(WDBJ) - On this day in 1731, Benjamin Banneker was born in Maryland. He was one of the first African Americans to gain distinction in science. His significant accomplishments and correspondence with ...

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When Thomas Jefferson was chosen to draft the Declaration of Independence, he had an exceedingly difficult task ahead of him. The 33-year-old planter, who had left law practice just before Britain’s ...