Seventy-five percent of the plaintiffs in the case were actually from Virginia's Moton High School, which remained in poor condition and was shuttered for several years after the ruling.

The administration's new policies expand who is eligible for deportation, and an Arizona mother who has lived in the country for 21 years may be its first example.

As indictments loom over Milwaukee County Jail after a high-profile death in custody, the county’s controversial sheriff is moving into a role in the Department of Homeland Security.

There will be no prize for literature this year, while the Swedish Academy that chooses the winner reckons with a sex-abuse scandal.

How the preeminent photographic record of the period excluded people of color from the nation’s self-image

Voters have a harder time recognizing their names—and don't identify with their religious backgrounds.

The mayor of Oklahoma City declared war on obesity, launching health campaigns and implementing pedestrian-friendly new infrastructure. Is this one possible solution to the nationwide epidemic?

A new book on how 9/11 altered the national psyche also demonstrates how it stunted progressive politics.