With a 250th birthday in sight, we wanted to ask Americans what it means to be an American and reflect on what the founders ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - American Girl is marking four decades of storytelling and empowerment with two major launches. American Girl introduces ‘Samantha: The Next Chapter.’ The brand’s first-ever ...

Over the past 45 years, members of Nashville’s Black community along with business leaders, historians, teachers and students from local colleges have gathered for the Conference on African-American ...

Harvard economist Roland Fryer looks at whether culture is a cause or consequence of inequality. Image: Free to Choose Network Photo: Free to Choose Network Each February, Americans observe Black ...

“USA250: The Story of the World’s Greatest Economy” is a yearlong WSJ series examining America’s first 250 years. Read more about it from Editor in Chief Emma Tucker. The first American television ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Trump administration’s White House statement on the Mexican-American War omitted slavery’s role and Native ...

This year, we celebrate the most significant milestone in our Nation’s history: 250 glorious years of American independence. From the very beginning, our country has been blessed with countless black ...

As the United States approaches its 250th birthday, it’s worth asking a deceptively simple question: Which companies helped build the America we recognize today? From the brands that powered the ...

In 1926, during the nadir of Black history, Dr. Carter G. Woodson—the founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), the son of formerly enslaved parents, a ...

The X-Men were one of the first Marvel teams to become a household name, as millions of kids in the ’90s watched the team’s adventures on TV for years. Looking at the history of the team since they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 1998's American History X isn't just a great '90s movie, but a film whose content and subject matter are still relevant today. The ...