Society

More than 60 years after a newspaper photo was taken of an isolated Black student on the day he desegregated a Fredericksburg middle school, researchers have learned his story.

The economy turned out to be much stronger than expected in the West, the president has said The expected economic destabilization resulting from the “theft” of Russia’s foreign exchange reserves by the West did not materialize, President Vladimir Putin stated … Continued

A basic political competency test given to all candidates – regardless of age – would give the voting public a non-partisan opportunity to separate the wheat from the chaff. 

Boston reached back into its long history for Presidents’ Day during Monday’s festivities — firing off the cannons at the USS Constitution and bringing some life back into the likes of Thomas Jefferson and Abe Lincoln at the JFK Library. The USS Constitution, named one of the day’s honorees George Washington 225 years ago, stayed […]

While his actual birthday is Feb. 22, large crowds gathered at George Washington’s estate outside Alexandria, Virginia, to celebrate and learn a little more about the nation’s first president.