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Journalist and storyteller Sofiya Ballin says her identity series “Black History Untold” is more than a black history project.

While so-called sanctuary cities get a lot of media attention for refusing to work with immigration officials, some Pennsylvania towns ar ...

As a part of Reading Terminal Market's 125th anniversary celebration, some vendors were selling some items for what they would have cost when the market first opened in 1983.

A new book about a Kensington veterans club is a small peephole onto the national stage.

Guests: David Axelrod, Jon Meacham, Robert Dallek For this President’s Day, we’re going to bring you three co ...

Union College in Schenectady, N.Y., says it has made an incredible and, experts believe, real find: a lock of George Washington's hair inside a "long-forgotten book."

A Legacy of Opportunity is a film which documents the legacy of Delaware’s only Historically Black University: Delaware St ...

It wasn’t that long ago that separate hospitals for black and white patients were the norm in America, but then all of that changed — and it changed quickly.

Guest: David Blight Frederick Douglass is an iconic American figure. Today marks his 200th birth year. Born a slave in ...

We talk with MAUREEN COSTELLO, teaching tolerance direc ...

U.S. Interior Secretary floats the idea of holograms in Independence Hall.

Six townships called Washington and several named for Franklin are among the place names that make navigating New Jersey so challenging.

Guests: Mark Zandi, Frank Plantan  All eyes will be on the Korean Peninsula beginning Friday, a ...

Guests: Frank Plantan  All eyes will be on the Korean Peninsula beginning Friday, as the Olympi ...

A bold Civil War play from a brave theater company.