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Dolores Huerta gained prominence as an organizer of farmworkers seeking better wages. Here's why she visited Arizona over the years.

The story has been passed down through several generations of staff and volunteers at Sagamore Hill. Brian Tadler, vice president of the Friends of Sagamore Hill, said he heard it from a now-retired ...

Books & the Arts / A new book revisits the public housing programs of the 1930s. Joshua Freeman Today, Mary K. Simkhovitch is little remembered. But in the first half of the 20th century, her name was ...

One of the first female war correspondents, she covered a dozen major conflicts during a career that spanned more than six ...

The first lady of the United States, embracing her beauty pageant contestant skills, seems to be working to create real-world ...

Exhibition: The exhibition “Watts per Lumen” is currently on display at The Dorsky Museum of Art on the SUNY New Paltz campus, Haggerty Circle Parking Lot 16, 35 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, N.Y. This ...

Johnny Appleseed Day has an unexpected WWII link. Here’s how Victory Gardens in the US and Britain helped feed civilians, boost morale, and support the war effort.

Before the marches, women were already fighting. Meet the Soviet bombers, the deadliest sniper in history, and the spy who ...

Lawmakers and EMS leaders are pushing to honor Pittsburgh’s Freedom House Ambulance Service with one of the nation’s highest ...

The Royal Poinciana Playhouse was a major social hub, attracting celebrities, socialites, and political figures like the Kennedys. Now, Glazer Hall welcomes new era.

My parents taught my siblings and me that a life well lived is a life in service to others. They had come of age in a segregated world with limited opportunity, and they were determined to leave their ...