Indigenous slavery, which lasted for centuries, has gone by many names. A new public history project wants us to see it for what it was.

Who is the Lord Of The Flies? It was long years after I read this famous book that I took the trouble to find out. He is the Devil, his name a translation of the Biblical ‘Beelzebub’. Just so you know ...

Early in my freshman year of college, a speeding car struck my twin brother, Jim, on a street near our campus. These were pre-cellphone days, but I happened to be in my dorm room when the call came in ...

Who wants to live in something called ‘The Ukay’? I certainly don’t. This is Britain, or England, or Great Britain. The ‘United Kingdom’ is what it technically is – its chemical formula if you like – ...

In 1773 Dinah Nevil, an Indigenous, Black, and European multiracial woman and her four children arrived in Philadelphia from Flemington, N.J, under orders from a slave trader who intended to ...

“Our history is imperfect,” said Delco Council Chair Richard Womack, “but it is ours, and the federal government can’t rewrite it or ignore it." Workers remove signs from the President's House exhibit ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Christopher Atkins is even more handsome these days than he was in the beloved 1980 film The Blue Lagoon. These days, Atkins is ...

The hip-hop legend shared how a shocking diagnosis led to emergency surgery and a renewed outlook on life Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty;ABC Christopher Reid has a second chance at life. The ...

Christoper “Kid” Reid, half of the hip-hop duo Kid ‘n Play, has revealed he has a new heart. During an interview with Michael Strahan on “Good Morning America” on Thursday, Reid said he underwent the ...

On Monday, Philadelphia attorney and civil rights activist Michael Coard was granted access to the secret location where the federal government has stowed away “Freedom and Slavery in the Making of a ...

Christopher "Kid" Reid, half of the hip-hop duo Kid 'n Play, is revealing he underwent a heart transplant, speaking about his health condition for the first time on "Good Morning America." The rapper, ...

The administration took a crowbar to a site that focused on George Washington and slavery. But can the contradictions of the Founding Era be erased? By Jennifer Schuessler Jennifer Schuessler visited ...