Wataru “Wat” Misaka, the Utah-born son of Japanese immigrants, faced relentless racism in the 1940s.
The Oklahoma military base has a long history of holding children.
Activists Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera will be honored with the world's first permanent monument celebrating transgender women.
Some of the reporting about the police raid that launched the gay rights movement was downright offensive.
The riot that sprang from that police raid is generally regarding as the turning point in the gay rights movement.
We have the photographic evidence of the president's claim.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Martin Luther King Jr. is relying on long-disputed FBI files to call for a reassessment of King.
More than two dozen cities claim credit for inventing the holiday. Here's what we know about the history.
The Statue of Liberty was created to celebrate freed slaves, not immigrants, its new museum recounts
The new museum revives Lady Liberty's forgotten history.
Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation as a Supreme Court justice is taking far longer. But not as long as the 841 days it took to replace Justice Henry Baldwin after his death in 1844.