At 50, Columbia, Md., has succeeded in ways urban revitalization hasn’t.
The monument had stood without controversy in tiny Demopolis, Ala. — half black, half white — since 1910.
A modern renovation gives this 725-square-foot space a gallery loft feel — and the art is front and center.
- Rep. Donald Beyer on why he dislikes the president — and what he would tell him
- She started a company focusing on quotes from women. What does she have to say?
- A manager at the D.C. Department of Health talks food inspection — and concerns
- An Arena Stage director on neuroscience for research — and inspiration
- Passed down through generations, Our Lady of Lourdes is on call in the delivery room
- A stack of vintage magazines took her back to another world
- An angry letter from architect Frank Lloyd Wright, an uncle’s solution to a problem
- In creating an opera shirt for her mother, she gave a gift that hit the right note
Around the globe, people want to know how the rich stack up against one another.
Todd Hauptli’s hobby is making elaborate multicourse meals for high-end restaurateurs.
Hirshhorn head Melissa Chiu proved critics wrong and made the museum hot again.
1 star | At the Greenbrier, one bright spot is breakfast.
Niermann Weeks makes elegant pieces that grace penthouses and mansions.
Previously in the Magazine
John Lewis, Harry Belafonte, Ralph Nader and others reveal the spark that led them to dedicate their lives to change.
As a high school teacher, Michael Szesze used carnivores to get kids into botany. Then he realized they weren’t the only ones dazzled by a bit of carnage.
This is what can happen to Americans who can’t prove who they are.
We went looking for answers in Texas, North Carolina and Massachusetts.
A husband struggles to care for his wife as scientists seek answers.
D.C. is becoming a city of sterile glass boxes. Hulking concrete never looked better.
Donated items from all over reflect our racial history and bloodied path to democracy.
Oprah Winfrey’s museum donation was huge. Her hopes for the museum are even larger.
The civil rights legend recalls what it took to win the legislative battle for the museum.
Millions of stories help shape collective memory and point us to the future.
The filmmaker sees an opportunity to confront the legacy of the nation’s original sin.
Museum artifacts go through many steps to reach a Smithsonian display case.
Four sets of architects executed the vision for housing the past and the future.
Activists talk across generations about economic power, policing and voting in 2016.
(Courtesy of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History & Culture)
