Abolitionists used hard facts to counter pro-slavery propaganda, forcing indifferent Americans to face ugly realities.

This week on The Sound Kitchen, you'll hear an interview with Lisa Waller Rogers about her new book When People Were Things: ...

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As America pushed westward, old divisions over slavery deepened — setting the stage for Civil War. America was halfway ...

Stephen Collins Foster was born on the Fourth of July 1826 — the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence — in ...

Ocean Vuong is the award-winning author of the novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous and the poetry collections Time Is a ...

Over a two-night stay, I took in the surroundings, explored Boston, and packed in as much adventure as possible. The post ...

The Justice Department is investigating Black Lives Matter over donor fraud allegations tied to $90M in donations ...

"All the way from Iceland," he says to himself. "That's crazy." A few days later, I stand in an abandoned parking lot in the shadow of the Harriet Beecher Stowe House, in Walnut Hills, waiting for my ...

There are two seasons in Stowe, Vermont, that offer travelers fewer crowds and more quality time with Mother Nature: "mud season," the thaw between the end of ski season and the beginning of spring, ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The newly renovated Beecher Terrace Apartments in Louisville's Russell neighborhood officially reopened Tuesday. The mixed-income community has undergone a four-phase ...